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Speech Analysis on Henry IV, Part One - Act 3, Scene 2
Title: Speech Analysis on Henry IV, Part One - Act 3, Scene 2
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 1635 | Pages: 7.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Speech Analysis on Henry IV, Part One - Act 3, Scene 2
Henry IV's lecture to Hal in 3.2 provides the audience with much more than an example
of Henry's relationship with his son. It also serves as an examination of the kingship and its
changing role. Henry's attempts to criticize Hal inadvertently draw many parallels between him;
his son, and his predecessor, Richard II, and while he intends to reveal Hal's shortcomings, he
primarily reveals his own.
He begins by criticizing Hal's choice of associates, namely the …showed first 75 words of 1635 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1635 total…ways, he is exactly the same. In both plays, including the play named
after him, he is a secondary character, or an instrument rather than the main focus of the play. He
serves primarily as a counterpoint and measuring stick by which we examine Richard and Hal, and
it is only through a close examination of some of the things he says that we are truly able to gain
an insight into his own character.
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