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Structure, characters, and themes
Henry IV, part 1 Structure, characters, and themes
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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
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Henry IV, pt 1 Rebellion in Act 1, sc 1
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Henry IV, pt 1 Rebellion in Act 5
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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
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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
1.1 1.3 3.2 Henry COURT Hotspur Hotspur 1.1 1.3 2.3 3.1 BATTLEFIELD Falstaff Falstaff 1.2 TAVERN Hal Hal 1.2 2.4 3.2
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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
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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 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)
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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 1 Themes 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 Hotspur’s victory
Tavern Hal wakes Falstaff robbery plan Scene 3 Court Henry IV Hotspur joins rebels
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Henry IV, pt 1 -- Act II Scene 1 Gadshill Scene 2 Robbers Robbed
Hotspur Scene 4 Falstaff
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Henry IV, pt 1, Act II, scene 4 where Hotspur was in sc 3 Hal
Falstaff as Henry Hal
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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
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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
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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
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Henry IV, pt 1, Act V, scene 4 Douglas vs. Falstaff Hal vs. Hotspur
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