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Henry IV Part 2
By William Shakespeare - Stage play
Roles
- Prince Henry
- Poins
About this piece
Poins accuses Prince Henry of being an hypocrite
Summary
In Henry IV part 1 King Henry IV had to deal with a rebel army trying to depose him. The king's army had fought the rebel army, led by Hotspur, at Shrewsbury. Part 2 starts with the rebels losing the battle against the king but they soon reorganize under the leadership of the Archbishop of York, Thomas Mowbray, Lord Hastings and Lord Bardolph. In this scene Prince Henry has just come back from the battle of Shrewsbury with his friend Poins, one of the people the prince has been spending some time with drinking at various taverns. Another member of their group is Falstaff, a funny, aging small time criminal. In this scene Prince Henry argues that he regrets the time he wasted hanging out with them at the taverns and is sorry that his father, the king, is feeling sick. They argue as Poins tells him he thinks he is being an hypocrite.
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