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Act 1 Flashcards

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For ‘tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings

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The chorus reminds the audience to use their imagination when doing the play.

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In France, the battle of ________, fought on Friday, October 25, 1415, between England and France is the battle on which this play is centered

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Agincourt

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A rhetorical device: The repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences

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Anaphora

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Very dangerous; risky

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Perilous

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Power; influence; force

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Puissance

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Removal or separation

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Sequestration

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Put to death; subdued

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Mortified

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Twist or turn

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Wrest

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Approval; support

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Approbation

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Stir up; prompt to action

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Incite

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One who seizes by force without a legal right

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Usurper

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Ancestors; originators

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Progenitors

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Awaken; inspire; excite

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Rouse

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Thieving; stealing

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Pilfering

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Encircling; surrounding

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Girding

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Adversely; in an opposite way

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Contrariously

16
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Physical robustness

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Hardiness

17
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Plentiful; sufficient

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Ample

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Agile; quick; graceful

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Nimble

19
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Celebrate; carouse; make merry

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Revel

20
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Place; stead

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Lieu

21
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Uncivilized; brutal

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Barbarous

22
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Walking slowly with heavy steps

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Plodded

23
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What is the opening setting in the Prologue and what is the significance of that particular location?

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In London, at the Globe Theatre. It is significant because it is Shakespeare’s theater that he and his playing company built in 1599.

24
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Paraphrase this line:

May I with right and conscience make this claim?

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Will it be right? Can I in good conscience make this claim?

25
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Must be defeated first of France is to be acquired by England? What is Canterbury’s counsel regarding this problem?

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Scotland. Canterbury suggested England’s fighting forces be divided into four, taking one fourth into France and leaving three quarters at home to defend the English border against the Scots.

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“Shall this make his mock mock out of their dear husbands, mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down.”

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This is an example of ANAPHORA

27
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How does the use of anaphora contribute to the rhetorical persuasion of Henry’s speech?

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The repetition adds force and power to his point. He turns the “mock” by the French king back towards him, using the word as a pun to “mock” destruction on French.

28
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What does the Dauphin mean to suggest with his frivolous gift of the tennis balls?

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The frivolous, ridiculous gift of the tennis balls is a sarcastic comment about Henry’s misspent youth.

29
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What does Bishop of Ely’s metaphor say about Henry and his character? (Strawberry growing in nettle)

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The metaphor shows Henry’s changing character. (Henry = strawberry)

30
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Briefly contrast between the king’s wild youth and his mature kingship

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The King is now full of grace, fair regard, and true love of the Holy church. As Prince Hal, the courses of his youth promised it not. The wildness died when his father died.

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For never two such kingdoms did content without much fall of blood, whose guiltless drops are every one a woe, a sore complaint ‘gainst him whose wrongs give edge unto the swords that makes such a waste in brief mortality.
***Paraphrase what Henry says and why does he say this?

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England and France have never contended without bloodshed. They cause needless innocent deaths so they should not fight unless necessary.
He says this because he feels that he must be absolutely justified to do this.

32
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What is the central one idea for Act one?

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The King has changed from a profligate to a wise, assertive ruler—ready to lead it with strength and goodness.

33
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Examples of similes and metaphors concerning Henry’s transformation

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“Consideration like an angel came.” (simile)
“Leaving his body as it’s paradise.” (simile)
“And whipp’d the offending Adam out of him” (metaphor)

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