Voice is also given to Boy, one of the young pages who guards the army’s luggage, and to Montjoy, a French messenger whom Henry kindly asks the name of and tips. Later, scenes of Henry V and his noble advisors crafting strategy are interspersed with scenes of high-ranked army officers like Captains Fluellen, Jamy, Gower and MacMorris managing the battlefield and scenes of common soldiers like Pistol, Bardolph, and Nym charging into battle (or, in their case, trying to avoid charging). The play opens on the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely discussing a Church investment in the war. This vision includes views from every strata of England’s class hierarchy. Instead, the play illuminates different elements of battle in different scenes, assembling a complex vision of war. Yet while the whole play focuses on warfare, it doesn’t limit itself to one perspective. Warfare constitutes the entire dramatic arc of Henry V, which begins in preparations for battle, continues onto the battlefield itself, and ends with a post-war peace treaty.
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