Questions tagged [henry-iv-part-i]
Questions related to William Shakespeare's history play Henry IV, Part 1. It is part of Shakespeare's tetralogy about the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (two plays) and Henry V. Use this tag with the [william-shakespeare] tag.
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Role of Duke of Bedford in Shakespeare's "King Henry VI, Part I"?
In Shakespeare's play King Henry VI, Part I, the Duke of Bedford(or Bedford) is given the following role:
Duke of BEDFORD, the king’s uncle, and Regent of France
In other words, Bedford is the "...
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Shakespeare King Henry IV Part 1: What is the "money joke" in these lines?
In Act 2 Scene 4, Prince Hal takes interest in a noble man as a "joke about money". My text (Cambridge) explains that a noble was worth one third of £1 sterling and a royal worth half of £1.
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Portrayal of Henry Bolingbroke through different Shakespeare plays
King Henry IV of England, also known as Henry Bolingbroke, appears in three Shakespeare plays, with two of them being named after him. In Richard II, he can be seen as the main antagonist of the play, ...
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1 Henry IV Act 5, Scene 3: "God keep the lead out of me"
Henry IV Part 1, Act 5, Scene 3:
Falstaff says
...God keep the lead out of me, I need no more weight than my own
bowels.
Is this referring to lead bullets? I was under the impression these ...
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Shakespeare's vasty deep: was "vasty" a recognised variant of "vast" at the time?
From Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1, Act III Scene 1:
GLENDOWER: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?
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Is Harry Hotspur portrayed as a villain in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I?
Having studied Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part I and seen a performance of it in Stratford, I'm still uncertain of how we're meant to view the character of Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur).
Clearly he's ...
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