Structure, characters, and themes Henry IV, part 1 Structure, characters, and themes

Henry IV, pt 1 Geneology Henry IV HAL Hotspur Edward III Edward , the Black Prince Duke of Clarence Duke of Lancaster Mortimer named heir by Richard daughter Henry IV Mortimer’s sis Lady Percy Richard II HAL Hotspur

Henry IV, pt 1 Rebellion in Act 1, sc 1

Henry IV, pt 1 Rebellion in Act 5

Henry IV, pt 1 Structure 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

Henry IV, pt 1 Main plot/subplot structure Henry IV and rebels Battle of Shrewsbury Hal & Falstaff/robbers

Henry IV, pt 1 Main plot/subplot structure 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 TAVERN 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 Hal Hal 1.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 3.2

Henry IV, pt 1 Characters Protagonist = Hal, perception of character changes Antagonists Henry IV, his view of Hal changes Falstaff Hotspur, physical antagonist Secondary -- Reflection characters Worcestor, Blunt, Vernon

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

Henry IV, pt 1 Foils 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 Falstaff’s 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)

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

Henry IV, pt 1 Themes honor debt/reclaiming redemption/reformation true/counterfeit time imagination/form

Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act I Scene 1 Court Henry IV Hotspur’s victory Tavern Hal wakes Falstaff robbery plan Scene 3 Court Henry IV Hotspur joins rebels

Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act II Scene 1 Gadshill Scene 2 Robbers Robbed Hotspur Scene 4 Falstaff

Henry IV, pt 1, Act II, scene 4 where Hotspur was in sc 3 Hal Falstaff as Henry Hal

Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act III Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Hotspur and rebels divide up England Scene 2 Henry confronts Hal MIDPOINT SCENE Scene 3 Hal and Falstaff

Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act IV Scene 1 Hotspur & Worcester Scene 2 Falstaff’s army Scene 3 Hotspur in camp Vernon’s description of Hal Scene 4 Archbishop of York

Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act V Scene 1 Scene 3 Scene 2 Henry promises pardon for rebels Scene 2 rebels prepare for battle Scene 3 Douglas and Sir Walter Blunt Scene 4 Henry and Douglas Hal rescues Henry Hal and Hotspur Douglas and Falstaff Scene 5 End of Battle of Shrewsbury plans for other rebels

Henry IV, pt 1, Act V, scene 4 Douglas vs. Falstaff Hal vs. Hotspur