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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