Henry V: Act 1 Prologue AnalysisMany Shakespeare plays feature unique scenes such as traveling to another city or sailing across vast oceans, which are difficult to present in a play . However, imagine a battle of thousands of men who must deploy on a stage with a radius of 50 meters, an impossible task. Some of Shakespeare's plays have a unique character called the Chorus, often found at the beginning of all acts. The role of the chorus, like a narrator, is to provide a brief overview of the next scene and maintain the audience's attention. Shakespeare's Henry V was one of those plays where the chorus serves a different purpose in each act. Often the chorus apologizes to encourage the audience to express their approval. This was a common technique in drama of Shakespeare's time. However, its overall role is to stimulate the audience's imagination with strong descriptive language that helps overcome the visual limitations of the scene. Although the Chorus serves several functions as narrator, apologizing for the limitations of the theater, explaining time intervals and...