Henry IV

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1 - Henry

Answer 1

“whilst i by looking on the praise of him, see riot and dishonour stain the brow of my young Harry”

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 2 - Hal (short)

Answer 2

“i know you all”

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 2 - Hal (med)

Answer 3

“yet herein will i imitate the sun, who doth permit the base contagious clouds to smother up his beauty from the world”

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 2 - Hal (long)

Answer 4

“when this loose behaviour i throw off, and i pay the debt i never promised, by how much better than my word i am, by so much shall i falsify men’s hope”

Question 5

Act 1 Scene 3 - Henry to Worcester

Answer 5

“my blood hath been too cold and temperate, unapt to stir these indignities”

Question 6

Act 1 Scene 3 - Hotspur

Answer 6

“same sword-and-buckler Prince of Wales but I think his father loves him not”

Question 7

Act 2 Scene 4 - Prank

Answer 7

“I am so good a proficient in one quarter of an hour that i can drink with any tinker in his own language during my life”

Question 8

Act 2 Scene 4 - Play within a Play

Answer 8

“i do i will”

Question 9

Act 3 Scene 2 - Henry to Hal 1

Answer 9

“grew a companion to the common streets, enfeoffed himself to popularity”

Question 10

Act 3 Scene 2 - Henry to Hal 2

Answer 10

“standest thou, for thou hast lost thy princely privilege with vile participation”

Question 11

Act 3 Scene 2 - Hal

Answer 11

“I will redeem all this on Percy’s head and in the closing of some glorious day be bold to tell you that i am your son”

Question 12

Act 3 Scene 3 - Hal at tavern

Answer 12

“I am good friends with my father and may do anything” followed by giving out orders

Question 13

Act 5 Scene 1 - Henry

Answer 13

“then with the losers let it sympathise, for nothing can seem foul to those that win”

Question 14

Act 5 Scene 1 - Hal

Answer 14

“in both your armies there is many a soul, shall pay full dearly for this”

Question 15

Act 5 Scene 2 - Falstaff

Answer 15

“honour is a mere scutcheon - and so it ends my catechism”

Question 16

Act 5 Scene 3 - Hal and Falstaff

Answer 16

“what, is it a time to jest and dally now?”

Question 17

Act 5 Scene 4 - Henry

Answer 17

“thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion and showed thou mak’st some tender of my life”

Question 18

Act 5 Scene 4 - Hal

Answer 18

“two stars keep not their motion in one sphere”

Question 19

Act 5 Scene 4 - Hotspur and Hal

Answer 19

“and food for”

“for worms, brave Percy”

Question 20

Act 5 Scene 5 - Hal

Answer 20

“go to Douglas and deliver him up to his pleasure, ransomless and free”

Question 21

Act 1 Scene 3 - Hotspur Final

Answer 21

“O, let the hours be short, till fields and blows, and groans applaud our sport!”

Question 22

“whilst i by looking on the praise of him, see riot and dishonour stain the brow of my young Harry”

Answer 22

Act 1 Scene 1
Henry

• negative connotations
• metaphorical reference to Hal’s drinking/stealing (tavern life) and how this doesn’t live up to Henry’s expectations

Question 23

“i know you all”

Answer 23

Act 1 Scene 2
Hal Soliloquy

• emphasis on personal pronouns
• contrasts tavern with blank verse (iambic pentameter)
• provides visible contrast between tavern and court

Question 24

“yet herein will i imitate the sun, who doth permit the base contagious clouds to smother up his beauty from the world”

Answer 24

Act 1 Scene 2
Hal Soliloquy

• celestial metaphor
• “sun” is a symbol of royalty (sheer influence)

Question 25

"when this loose behaviour i throw off, and i pay my debt i never promised, by how much better than my word i am, by so much shall i falsify men's hope"

Answer 25

Act 1 Scene 2 Hal Soliloquy - analogy of his behaviour/deception - uses economic language - outlines his political strategy and understands he is a future person of power (Prince and King)

Question 26

"my blood hath been too cold and temperate, unapt to stir these indignities"

Answer 26

Act 1 Scene 3 Henry to Worcester - irony (he broke the lineage but is preaching it) - not strict enough leader

Question 27

"same swords-and-bucklers Prince of Wales, but i think his father loves him not"

Answer 27

Act 1 Scene 3 Hotspur - sibilance provides a mocking tone - indirect relationship between Hal and Hotspur

Question 28

"O let the hours be short, till fields, and blows, and groans applaud our sport!"

Answer 28

Act 1 Scene 3 Hotspur final line - tricolon - synecdoche - reveals Hotspur's naive attitude, comparing betrayal/war to sport

Question 29

"i am so great a proficient in a quarter of an hour that i can drink with any tinker in his own language during my life"

Answer 29

Act 2 Scene 4 Hal - emphasis on personal pronouns - boasting of his Machiavellian qualities

Question 30

"grew a companion to the common streets, enfeoffed himself to popularity"

Answer 30

Act 3 Scene 2 Henry - metaphor - unfavourably compares Hal to Richard

Question 31

"standest thou, for thou hast lost thy princely privilege with vile participation"

Answer 31

Act 3 Scene 2 Henry - plossive alliteration

Question 32

"i will redeem all this on Percy's head, and in the closing of some glorious day be bold to tell you that i am your son"

Answer 32

Act 3 Scene 2 Hal - emphasis on personal pronouns (seeks approval, forgiveness and respect) - uses this as motivation to change - aware of his duties of Prince and Henry's son

Question 33

"then with the losers, let it sympathise, for nothing can seem foul to those that win"

Answer 33

Act 5 Scene 1 Henry - high modality language - politically duplicitous - all about winning

Question 34

"in both your armies, there are many a soul, shall pay full dearly for this"

Answer 34

Act 5 Scene 1 Hal - high modality language - tries to impress his father by preventing war

Question 35

"honour is a mere scutcheon - and so it ends my catechism"

Answer 35

Act 5 Scene 2 Falstaff - metaphor - religious connotations (ironic) - "honour" has empty rhetoric - "scutcheon" refers to painted coat of arms displayed at a funeral

Question 36

"two stars keep not their motion in one sphere"

Answer 36

Act 5 Scene 4 Hal - celestial metaphor for what has been happening

Question 37

"and food for" | "for worms, brave Percy"

Answer 37

Act 5 Scene 4 Hal and Hotspur - metaphor - symbolic of how Hal has finished everything Hotspur set out to do (including his final words)

Question 38

"thou hads't redeemed thy lost opinion and showed thou maks't some tender for my life"

Answer 38

Act 5 Scene 4 Henry - Emotive language - Henry forgives Hal - Grateful for the intervention by Hal

Question 39

"Go to Douglas and deliver him up to his pleasure, ransomless and free"

Answer 39

Act 5 Scene 5 Hal - imperative - final sight of his transformation - insight into his political scheme

Question 40

"i do i will"

Answer 40

Act 2 Scene 4 Hal - use of metafiction - assertion with repeated pronouns provides insight into the transformation that will occur soon

Question 41

"i am good friends with my father and may do anything"

Answer 41

Act 3 Scene 3 Hal - emphasis on personal pronouns - high modality language - shows his transformation

Question 42

"what, is it a time to jest and dally now?"

Answer 42

Act 5 Scene 3 Hal to Falstaff - irony - measure of the change in their relationship