Henry V's Cruelty Character Analysis

William Shakespeare's play, Henry V, talks about Henry’s life starting from his player and partying ways all the way towards his progression of becoming a mature king with a prosperous family. King Henry V represents Machiavelli’s idea of cruelty in order to maintain order through his display of underlying firmness showing that a strong tone comes along with believing in it yourself. There were many instances of his cruelty throughout William Shakespeare's, Henry V, which makes Henry V a great example of a Machiavellian leader. Three of those instances would be with Bardolph, the speech at Harfleur, and with the three traitors that committed treason against him and their native home.
First, Henry’s situation with his friend Bardolph would be