Henry IV, part 1

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Henry IV, part 1

• Structure, characters, and themes

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Henry IV, pt 1Geneology
Edward III
Duke of Clarence
Edward , the Black Prince
Duke of Lancaster
Mortimer named heir by Richard
daughter
Henry IV
Mortimers sis Lady Percy
HAL
Richard II
Hotspur
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Henry IV, pt 1Rebellion in Act 1, sc 1
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Henry IV, pt 1Rebellion in Act 5
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Henry IV, pt 1Structure

• Act I -- first turning point
• Hotspur, North, Wor desert Henry and join rebels
• Act II - IV -- two sides gather allies
• midpoint
• Hal joins Henry
• ends in 2nd turning point
• Hotspur lists grievances against Henry
• Act V -- climax
• Douglas vs. Henry, Hal vs. Hotspur

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Henry IV, pt 1 Main plot/subplot structure
Henry IV and rebels
Battle of Shrewsbury
Hal Falstaff/robbers
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Henry IV, pt 1 Main plot/subplot structure
Henry IV
1.1
1.3
3.2
Henry
COURT
Hotspur
5.1 5.3 5.5
Hotspur
1.1
1.3
2.3
3.1
4.1 4.3 5.2 5.4
BATTLEFIELD
Falstaff
4.2 5.1 5.3 5.4
Falstaff
1.2
2.1 2.2
2.4 3.3
4.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5
TAVERN
Hal
Hal
1.2
2.1 2.2
3.2
2.4
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Henry IV, pt 1Characters

• Protagonist Hal, perception of character
  changes
• Antagonists
• Henry IV, his view of Hal changes
• Falstaff
• Hotspur, physical antagonist
• Secondary -- Reflection characters
• Worcestor, Blunt, Vernon

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Henry IV, pt 1 Compare Hal and Hotspur
Hal as fighter
Hotspur as warrior for
Henry
Hotspur dead
Hal as waistral
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Henry IV, pt 1Foils

• Hal / Hotspur as characters
• Henry / Falstaff -- father figures
• Falstaff (staff/foot) vs. Hotspur (spur/horse)
• compare particularly views on Honor
• represent different kinds of exaggeration
• Hotspur lives in world of abstractions
• Falstaff in concrete world
• Hotspur attacks Glendower Hal just humorously
  exposes Falstaffs exaggerations. Hotspur is
  intolerant Hal is tolerant.
• Action foiling -- fewer men w/Hotspur, more
  w/Henry
• 2 views of the battlefield (4.1 4.2)

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Henry IV, pt 1 Three Worlds
Court Tavern Battlefield Henry IV
Falstaff Hotspur
past present future
HAL
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Henry IV, pt 1Themes

• honor
• debt/reclaiming
• redemption/reformation
• true/counterfeit
• time
• imagination/form

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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act I
Scene 1 Court Henry IV Hotspurs victory
Scene 3 Court Henry IV Hotspur joins rebels
Scene 2 Tavern Hal wakes Falstaff robbery plan
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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act II
Scene 1 Gadshill
Scene 3 Hotspur
Scene 4 Falstaff
Scene 2 Robbers Robbed
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Henry IV, pt 1, Act II, scene 4
where Hotspur was in sc 3
Falstaff as Henry
Hal
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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act III
Scene 1 Hotspur and rebels divide up England
Scene 2 Henry confronts Hal MIDPOINT SCENE
Scene 3 Hal and Falstaff
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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act IV
Scene 1 Hotspur Worcester
Scene 3 Hotspur in camp Vernons description of
Hal
Scene 4 Archbishop of York
Scene 2 Falstaffs army
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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act V
Scene 3 Douglas and Sir Walter Blunt
Scene 1 Henry promises pardon for rebels
Scene 2 rebels prepare for battle

Scene 5 End of Battle of Shrewsbury plans for
other rebels
Scene 4 Henry and Douglas Hal rescues Henry Hal
and Hotspur Douglas and Falstaff
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Henry IV, pt 1, Act V, scene 4
Douglas vs. Falstaff
Hal vs. Hotspur