To resign his crown only one year before this play begins. Henry and his supporters forced the rightful king of England, Richard II, King Henry IV is a usurper- a criminal, a thief who stole theĬrown. Have known the causes of the civil uprisings as well as you know the causes of theĪmerican Civil War. Why the king is under such a great strain, but his original audience would already He's "shaken"Īnd "wan," anxious and tired when you first see him. The struggle to achieve his political aims is apparently wearing out Henry.
By the sixteenth century crusades wereĪlso used by kings as a strategy to divert attention from domestic trouble, by focusing their
Honor, or riches during the long campaigns. The men who went on the crusades hoped to win salvation, NOTE: Crusades were medieval religious wars fought by European Christians against Land, to stop them from fighting at home. He explains that he is going to take the warring nobles on a crusade to the Holy To have his subjects "march all one way," but instead there's war and uncertainty. He wants to establish peace and order in the kingdom, Henry describes this,įeelingly, for his counselors. The country is obviously torn up by internal fighting for power. In the palace in London, King Henry meets with his lord counselors to discuss the Snubbed you witness his despair over Prince Hal and his admiration for Hotspur. In this scene at court you see King Henry's policies being frustrated and his authority Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag.
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