Right off the bat, these three verses show King Henry IV's discontent with the actions of his son. ... Even if other people see it, King Henry IV needs to see Hal's transformation himself. ... King Henry IV asks Hal how he could do all of the wild and immature things that he has done and be the son of a King, and eventually turn into a King. ... In Part II of the play, we see that King Henry IV has a hard time believing that Hal has really changed. In act four, while the very sick King Henry IV is sleeping, Hal comes in and sits with him. ...

• Word Count: 1747
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

When his father Henry IV dies, he is plunged into kinghood. ... In order to understand the connection that Henry has to some characters in the novel, we have to go back to Henry IV. In Henry IV, King Henry is Prince Hal; a rambunctious youth that hangs out with, Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph, the lowest of common folk and has fun. ... But when Hal becomes king, he has to stop hanging around with him and others to take his role as king, rejecting Falstaff and leaving his old friends. Now in Henry V, Falstaff is deathly ill because "the King has killed is heart," according to the Hostess (Act II, ii...

• Word Count: 850
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School