ENGL 2P80 Chapter 4: The Role of The Chorus in Henry V
6 Mar 2016
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The role of the chorus in henry v. Shakespeare opens every act in his play henry v with a chorus introducing upcoming events. The chorus introduces the play and gives the audience an outline or framework in which they can use to interpret and understand the scenes that follow it. Within the first few lines he mentions mars and as the footnote says, he means the god of war which introduces the audience to the idea that this play will revolve around wars. The chorus serves an important dramatic function since it is where shakespeare explains that which he cannot express through dramatization. The chorus is used to fill in the blanks that cannot be filled in through the dramatic acts on stage. With a topic that is so very intense like war, it is difficult to properly present it on a stage that lacks the proper space and resources and so instead of changing the plot all together,
