Henry IV, Part 1 The effect of scenes from the two plots in Acts I, II, III is how the scenes of Prince Hal and his somewhat common life with his life of prostitutes, thievery and severe alcoholism with his leech like friends Poins, Peto, Bardolph and of course the laughter provoking likes of Sir John Falstaff which is compared with prince Hals fathers (King Henry) life of leading England towards victory over the rebels, who at the current point of focus is Hotspur, the impetuous young knight who King Henry himself commended for his gallant behavior in the battle at Homledon against the Sco...

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From the previous part of the story of Henry, "Henry IV part 1", Prince Hal seems to have turned from his wild youth to being the responsible king. ... Henry's "bad humours" towards him are to blame. ... When his father, Henry IV, usurped the throne from Richard II, Henry IV set the precedent for his own possible usurpation, and Henry IV then has to fight off all sorts of upheavals throughout his kingship. ... Hal's wildness is in many ways a strategy, he explicitly says at one point that he is acting wildly in order to seem even more wonderful when he reforms (from Henry IV). ... Th...

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