The Key to Success and Realization of Large Goals

In his three plays of Henry IV, parts One and Two and the play Henry V, Shakespeare paints the picture of an impetuous young man, Prince Hal. This young prince acts as many modern princes and princesses (of Hollywood and otherwise) do. He parties, loves the ladies and lives his young life, filling it with joyful debaucheries.

The plays chronicle Henry’s development into adulthood, his manhood and becoming King. Henry develops into a respectful ruler and victorious warrior. In Henry V, now going by the name King Henry, the King has to face his friends, who refuse to abide by his imposed orders. The king is faced with the issue “Do I enforce my law, which has a penalty of death or do I let my friends go, as they are my friends”? The young King makes the choice to sentence his beloved playmates of youth to