Henry V: Review Questions: Question 6

"Upon the king! Let us our lives, our souls, our debts, our careful wives, our children, and our sins lay on the king! We must bear all," Henry laments. He's obviously feeling the crushing weight of  responsibility that comes with such a high position. The only advantage of such a position, he claims, is ceremony; something he cannot see the value of.  It cannot cure disease, its abilities are only of ritual. Just wearing a crown, holding a scepter, or being preceded by a title gives no real power, he argues. Beneath the ceremony he's just an average man, a life he wishes he could have. He would exchange his life and the responsibility that comes with it, for the hard, grueling life of a peasant. In conclusion, it is made explicitly clear that the ultimate difference between commoner and king is, in fact, ceremony. It's the only thing making Henry different from any other man, and in his eyes, the power of ceremony is no power at all!