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Henry IV Part I: Structure (Setting: shift from divinely ordered state to…
Henry IV Part I: Structure
Henry IV Part I
Are
Henry IV I & II a unified whole
?
Loose ends in part I
Rebellion not wholly quelled
Archbishop of York = reminder of unfinished business
Falstaff's military behaviour at Hals' expense marks distance between them & promise of further roguery?
Hal emerges as his father's son
Henry IV be treated as
part of Henriad plays
Each play as a
separate theatrical event
?
This part was performed before part 2 was written
must make sense independently/ achieve closure
Function = Hal to reform his conduct
Parallels between comic & serious plots
culminate in besting of Hotspur & rejection of Falstaff.
Setting:
shift from divinely ordered state to one in which authority is uncertain
Feudalism & primogentiure --> combat & questionable legitimacy
King as divinely ordered --> king that is self-made
Divinely ordered state in
Richard II
Outmoded honour of chivalry (Hotspur) --> Machiavellian concern with power & new virtue of courtesy (Hal)
Instability seeks a structure ordered by human needs