HENRY V: THE MACHIAVELLIAN PRODUCTION OF AN IDEAL KING
HENRY V: THE MACHIAVELLIAN PRODUCTION OF AN IDEAL KING
Author(s): Oana Elena PopescuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Honour; Identity; Justness (of war); Legitimizing power; Machiavellian politics; Obedience (to the king); Providential power; Realpolitik; Role-playing; Self-representation; Violence
Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to analyse the Machiavellian power strategy that Prince Hal, the new King Henry V, develops in Henry V in order to construct a legitimate self-image. We shall argue that Hal manages to become, by means of an extremely calculated technology of self-representation, the successful Machiavellian producer of his own hero-image.
Journal: University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 130-136
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English