King Henry's Roles

Marriage at this time was a way of securing a happy livelihood and relative

People gain power through acts of honor, effective leaders take action and help others on the other hand some lie to attain power and use it to benefit themselves and their cores. King Henry the fourth written by Shakespeare revolutionized the way in which play are written and presented through iambic pentameter allowing the play to consistently have ten syllables per line allowing the play to run smoother. A few good men directed by Rob Reiner in 1992 presents a story of injustice as Marines are wrongly accused of murder through lies and politics. Through each character we see how politics affect some aspect of their lives, through various false accusations truths begin to emerge causing great disruption to the hierarchy.

In the Renaissance period, marriage was far different and much longer process than it is today. Particularly in the Elizabethan era, marriages were frequently arranged so that both families involved would benefit. Marriages would be arranged to bring prestige, honour and wealth to the family. For the upper class, marriage rarely involved love. Courting outside of one’s class was strictly forbidden and punishable by death in some circumstances. Marriage followed a strict set of protocols that signify maturity and coming into one’s own. In this time, dowries often played a large part in the decision to marry. A dowry, is the custom in which involves an interchange of cash, jewels, foods, estates between the father

"Upon marriage, woman became the legal wards of their husbands, as they previously had been of their fathers while still unmarried" (Martin, 68). It was common for a father to sell his young daughter into marriage and the young women had no say in her preference of her suitors (Mahaffy, 48). This was done while the girl was in her young teens while the groom was ten to fifteen years older (Martin, WEB2). As the father, or guardian, gave the young girl away he would repeat the phrase that expressed the primary aim of marriage: "I give you this women for the plowing [procreation] of legitimate children" (Martin, WEB2). The woman’s role was primarily in the home. "Households thus depended on women, whose wok permitted the family to economically self-reliant and the male citizens to participate in the public life of the polis" (Martin, WEB2).

Marriages tended to be for strategic purposes rather than love, so family life in the Elizabethan Era was different than family life today ("Elizabethan Family Life” 1).

hen he took the throne amidst the First Barons' War (1215–17), in which a gathering of insubordinate nobles bolstered by a French armed force, made war on King John in light of his refusal to acknowledge and submit to the Magna Carta. Since a substantial piece of eastern England was under the control of the insubordinate aristocrats and the French, it was imagined that Henry ought to be delegated at the earliest opportunity to fortify his case to the throne. Along these lines, Henry was delegated on October 28, 2016 at Gloucester Cathedral with a brilliant circlet having a place with his mom as the crowning liturgy formal attire were at Westminster in London. In July of 1217, Henry's mom Isabella of Angoulême left him under the watchful eye

In Austen’s time, issues such as the role of women and marriage were heavily enforced. The role of women in a patriarchal society, especially female power and control were important in the regency period. Women had very little control of their lives and the only thing that would provide them with security was marriage. Since, not many women worked in the 19th century, marriage was very significant and would secure a woman’s future, financial assets and social status.

After marriage, women were to take the husband's ancestors as hers. Thus, a marriage had a purpose of continuing the ancestral line and raising the status of the family.

Inside the castle, Henry’s sister, Queen Dowager of France, and a select few other women played the virtues of the ideal wife. Among the top of the Tudor court, as perseverance, was Anne. King Henry had had two “official” mistresses before, and had been rid of them after each became pregnant. Anne’s sister, Mary, happened to be the second one and after her release from service, Henry had his eyes set on Anne. No mistress befor had put up any resistance to him, and he most likely expected the same acquiescence from Anne.

Marriage was usually arranged between families and seen as a way to conjoin two families of the same class, mainly for financial benefits. Because of this, there was often little connection between a husband and wife on a deeper, romantic level. This

In his article, Christopher Wilson looks into the influence King Henry III of England had on the design of Westminster Abbey. Wilson looks not only at the unprecedented additions that seem to serve a specific purpose for the crown and coronations, but also what elements of the main architecture that can be attributed to Henry III’s influence. He begins by looking at the elements scholars have agreed as attributed to Henry III and their purpose within the church as the location of coronations. By looking at specifically the galleries and the treatment of the west aisle of the south transept as a private pew for the monarchy, Wilson lays out where the focus of previous scholarship resided as a means to introduce the need for his own research.

In the Tudor era (when Shakespeare was writing), the upper class married for political agendas, family advancement, and to secure the family status, if it could not be furthered. Most women did not have a choice in the matter of who they married, and by their mid-twenties, they were indeed married off to a suitable husband. Another quotation to show the importance of, and the view of marriage in the sixteenth-century (not long before Shakespeare wrote) comes from Alison Sim in The Tudor Housewife:

Single and married women had hardships and disadvantages they had to live with. A wife's proper role was to love, honor and obey her husband, as her marriage promises stated. Once they became married all of their physical property money and rights of the women were legally given to her husband. Marriage gave the Victorian husbands ownership of their wives.

Fifteenth century England was divided between the houses of Lancaster (Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI) and York (Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III) The wars of the Roses, 1455 – 1485, divided loyalties. Henry V reigned from 1413-1422 and had many wars against France, in particular the Battle Of Agincourt in 1415.

Most of the women don’t work, and their main responsibility is getting married to a wealthy husband. Marriage was one of the most important things during this time because, who they married resulted in what kind of life they’d have. If they didn’t get married, the woman would have to depend on her family to support her. Another option for an unmarried women was to become a governess. One major quote from the book that shows the importance of marriage is, “It is a truth universally acknowledge, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” This quote shows that single men need to marry because, that was what they did back then. (Pride and Prejudice)