The play I am reading is Henry V. Henry V is one of Shakespeare's historic plays. A major link you can see to all of Shakespeare's histories is that the majority of them are based around English Monarchs. Henry V is about an English King who waged war with the French. You can already see a similarity between the characteristics of a history and Henry V. Histories have also been known to convey civil wars or problems. This is shown when King Henry V is betrayed by fellow noblemen.