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The Characterisation of Prince Henry In King Henry The IV Part One.
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The Characterisation of Prince Henry In King Henry The IV Part One Prince Henry, who is otherwise known as Hal, has a very distinctive character. Although Hal comes across as a ruthless down-class character at the beginning of the play, he later develops and changes, to become the real hero of the play. In scene two of the play, both he and Falstaff provoke each other, in a friendly way, but their relationship has an undercurrent of menace, because Hal is using Falstaff to maintain his "irresponsible and bad" reputation. However, he will forget Falstaff after he has regained his image, that will shock and surprise people, when he changes at the most unexpected of times, as he says in his soliloquy, "so when this loose behaviour I throw off, and pay the debt I ever promised" "by so much I shall falsify men's hopes. And like bright metal on...
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