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Act 1, Scene 2

Act 1, Scene 2. “ Ch - ch -changes, turn and face the strange”: Consider: How is this scene different from the previous one? How is the setting different? How does the tone and language change? How do the characters interact with one another? Meeting Hal: First Speech (1.2.2-13)

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Act 1, Scene 2

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  1. Act 1, Scene 2 “Ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange”: • Consider: How is this scene different from the previous one? How is the setting different? How does the tone and language change? How do the characters interact with one another? • Meeting Hal: • First Speech (1.2.2-13) • What is the tone? What does he say? Why is the audience introduced to the Prince in this fashion? • Meeting Falstaff: • What do we know about him from the outset? How does he respond to Hal’s insults? What is his hope when Hal becomes king? (1.2.24-31, 60-66) • Hal and Falstaff, Falstaff and Hal: • What is the nature of their dialogue? How does it compare to Westmoreland and Henry IV in Scene 1?

  2. Act 1, Scene 2 • What is Falstaff’s (and perhaps, Shakespeare’s) underlying point when talking about his discussion with the man he met in the street and the difference between him and Hal? (1.2.84-104) • What is his underlying point when discussing the robbery plans by saying, “There’s neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee, nor can thou cam’st not of the blood royal, if thou darent not stand for ten shillings” (1.2.145-8)? • What does this tell us about Falstaff as a character (and mentor) for Hal? • Why does Hal agree to Poins’ duplicitous plots? What does this indicate about him as a character? What do we learn about him and his friends? • Consider the significance of Hal’s final soliloquy (1.2.202-24). • What does this tell us about his character? • How should this speech be delivered, based on his character and its implied tone? • Why is it delivered to the audience? • How does this relate to the theme and importance of dialectics? • Is he right or wrong in his attitude and approach to life?

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