Harry/Henry Potter and Harry/Henry V

[Barbara Purdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 20064

Many parallels between Harry Potter and other pieces
of fiction have been mention on this list (Narnia and
Lord of the Rings most prominently) but lately I have
been unable to get something else out of my head, and
I was wondering whether anyone else had thought of it.

When I was reading Cassandra Claire's Draco Sinister,
at one point there is some time travel to the time of
Rowena Ravenclaw, who, upon hearing Harry's name,
believes that it is King Harry (Henry) who is being
spoken of.

Well, that immediately got me thinking that perhaps
Harry isn't a Harold at all, but a Henry (which in
England usually takes Harry for a nickname, such as
the young Prince Harry--really Henry--who is Prince
Williams little brother).  

And then THAT got me thinking of Shakespeare's plays
Henry IV and V, about the first Prince of Wales to
become king of England, setting the precedent for all
future male heirs to bear the Prince of Wales title. 
Add to that the remarkable similarity between the
Gryffindor flag and the flag of Wales, plus the
childhood of Henry/Harry as written by Shakespeare,
and I've found myself itching to reread these plays
(or at least watch my video of the Kenneth Branagh
Henry V, which has scenes he included from Henry IV to
flesh out the king's early life).

I can see all kinds of possibilities for the future of
the series if JKR is thinking of Henry V in any way,
such as the elves meeting the same fate as the squires
at Agincourt, and I especially see Hagrid as a
Falstaff, big time!  (And Falstaff does NOT have a
happy fate...)

I also noticed that Henry V's nemesis, Montjoy, has a
name that sounds remarkably like Malfoy.

Has anyone else noticed these things?


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