Making Fun of the French

Okay so there is a way of acting in Theater developed by a man named Bertolt Brecht called "gestus" (Guess-toose). This is where the actor portrays a character the way that the opposing faction would see them. So a villain in any show would be extra evil, and the hero would be extra showy and full of smiles and ridiculously brave. In Henry V, I think it's interesting that all of the french characters have their own little things that Shakespeare makes fun of them for.

Dauphin: Always makes horse analogies. There have been some Shakespeare students that believe that this guy was a fan of bestiality because of that reason alone. Also this line, and the scene that follows, helps lean to that suggestion: " for my horse is my mistress."

This was our Dauphin. The costume was ridiculous as well!

Fluellen: a natural lisp is written into the script. (bridge becomes pridge) Also Fluellen cannot STOP TALKING. he just reiterates what the person before him says, and then repeats her own repeats for paragraphs upon paragraphs. Not too unlike Pistol, except Pistol is less annoying in my mind. ha ha