Henry V, An Ideal Machiavellian Ruler

For centuries, those who have read Henry V or who have seen this drama praise the technology and decisions of the five Henry as leaders. Henry V has been respected and has been claimed to be regarded as "the king of an ideal Christian." Refusing this idea completely, I would like to say that Henry V should not be regarded as "the king of an ideal Christian", but should be regarded as a typical example of the ruler of Machiavelli. If you see the drama from the surface, Henry V is like a religious, moral, and merciful ruler; but Niccolo Machiavelli himself points out in his book "Prince" Honestly, every human being , And all religions

According to Machiavelli, Henry is a typical ruler of Machiavelli and his crusading attempt is a pure glory. In the first part of King Henry IV, there is no scene that shows Henry's political insight to face with Henry's son Hull in the drama. The basics of this scene comes from the hall side. He wrote that Henry wrote that the story of Hull is "There is no doubt in the head of the king, at least his son should not oppose this crown." 154 pages). According to reports, they reconciled. Based on this historical settlement, Shakespeare included Henry's speech.

In the latter part four, Henry IV was politically familiar - he was against Richard II. Henry has all the features of great Machiavelli, and if that is enough he will be a perfect ruler and a peaceful ruler. Unfortunately, Henry IV as an illegal occupant and the illegal monarch of the throne. He does not have the sacred right of the king, and he is responsible for the death of God's anointed Richard. Because of these factors, Henry's dominant ability is weakening and instability is the order of the day.

The sacred right to rule the kingdom exists in the way that Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V ruled England. Both Richard II and Henry V are powerful rulers whose dominance is mainly determined by their sacred rule and their relationship with their God. By exploring the relationship between King and God in the tragedy of Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV, Henry IV and Henry V, we can see that Henry V is the ideal Christian king. Shakespeare's historical drama, Richard II, Richard King