Although some individuals may argue that Henry is a ruthless, inexperienced king, the use of alliteration in the line, “When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested appear be-fore us, we’ll yet enlarge that man” (Hen. 2.2.55-56), suggests that Henry is a reasonable king who has the interest of the common man in mind during decision making. Shakespeare’s implementation of alliteration creates the following effect: it produces an upbeat tempo that creates a powerful tone for Henry, thus making Henry’s authority appear to be more apparent. When consecutive words start with the “c” sound in this instance, it allows the words to be almost formed as one. This helps set up the next two lines of the playwright by dis-playing the message