Court Tavern

Formal Fun/informal
Important matters of state Entertainment
King Henry IV Falstaff
Royalty Commoners – thieves
National crisis Small community events
Order – time Laziness - No time
Reality Dream
Wars Planning a robbery
Conspiracy/Rebellion
Hotspur Falstaff

Falstaff – oldcastle / King Henry IV – ruler

Mirror – robbing robbers – planning a robbery (The world is not so different)

World of the SUPER EGO and ID (Freudian approach for 1HenryIV)

Falstaff interest in the court – protecting the politics of Hal

Foil – literary strategy – in medieval ages, one of the ways to set off the brightness of a jewel is to
present it on foil... the foil sets it off... it will make it more brighter and stunning...

Hotspur serves as a foil to Hal

Mirroring...

Soliloquy reveals inner character...

“WHO WOULD MAKE THE BETTER KING?”

Showing two potentials

Foiling works in terms of character development...

Works in terms of relationships...

HAL – two fathers (King Henry and Falstaff)

Read till Act 3

Points of comparison (Falstaff relationship with Hal and Hal to King Henry)

PAPER: COMPARING THE TWO FATHERS