Henry Flashcards
So shaken…
As we are, so wan with care
Royal we refers to the kingdom and it’s strife amidst civil war and rebellion
Thou makst …
Me sad and makst me sin in envy
Biblical allusion, establishes antagonistic relationship between Hal and Hotspur
Two stars…
keep not their motion in one sphere
Reference to the star/moon motif
pluck…
bright honour from the pale-faced moon
moon motif
yet herein…
i will imitate the sun
sun motif
Zounds! How he…
has the leisure to be sick!
sickness: intervention of God to bring about Hal’s victory
Trimm’d up…
your praises with a princely tongue
Hal is a machiavellian politician
Doth he…
feel it? No. Doth he hear it? no. ‘Tis insensible, then…
Anaphora and hyperphora (catechism) falstaff as the cynic
food for…
powder, food for powder, theyll fill a pit as well as better
morbid idiom, spoken blase. blunt assessment of the unvalient/romantic view of war
La Branche
Hal must, by necessity, prevail, and percy, fall
legatt
eastcheap…a world in itself
equal to the court, different, separate and independent
falstaff dominates half the play despite his minor role to the story
winterson
falstaff…overblown but true stands against hals counterfeit
Boyd
Shakespeare creates a political world where success depends on the ability to play theatrical roles
