Samantha Blinn, Matt Ball, Chasen Schneider and Ariana Karp conclude our discussion of King Henry IV Part I with Act V:

• Action packed nature of the last act - four epic sword fights!
• Hotspur’s honor versus Falstaff’s honor
• Ethics of the body in the battlefield 
• The glorified idea of the person and the contrast of the dead body
• The political metaphors and artifice of King Henry and Worcester’s language contrasted to the more straight talk of Hal in the parley scene 
• The significance of a rebel lord, Lord Vernon, as the prophet of Henry V’s military glory
• The cleverness of battle tactics and the king’s disguise
• Douglas’s fury as a warrior 
• How our post modern perspectives on violence and warfare shape our understanding of the play
• Language as a rationalization and exploration of feeling and idea

Jeremy Irons as King Henry IV and Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal in The Hollow Crown.