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What makes Prince Hal an Unusual Hero? What makes Prince Hal an unusual hero? This question is filled with many different opinions and views, which sometimes all contradict each other. From the very beginning of the play, we see Prince Hal and Falstaff sitting in the Boars Head Tavern in East cheap drinking. This is the place where Hal and Falstaff spend the majority of their time, and almost every scene they are in is set here. This initial portrayal of Prince Hal as a lazy drunk who spends his time with unsavoury characters, does not give the impression of a hero at all. At first glance he seems to have no understanding of how a true Prince should behave. From the outset, the King is seen making a comparison between his son, Prince Hal and the more honourable Harry Hotspur (Act 1, Scene 1, 77-87) He wishes that Hotspur was his son,...

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