Since the Chorus seems to comment and reflect that the play was written to be performed for a courtly aristocratic audience, this present study will argue that Shakespeare, in glorifying King Henry, alludes to and affirms Elizabeths role as the idyllic god-queen. To support this argument, I will also show that a number of moments in the 1599 play may have influenced Elizabeths last years of rule, especially as we consider her last remarks in her 1601 "Golden Speech." In having the command of rewriting history, Shakespeare also had the skill to influence the future. Through this play, he was...