Today’s Totally Random
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Redeeming
time, when men think least I will.
Prince Henry
King Henry the Fourth Part I Act I, Scene ii, Line 221
This is a short
soliloquy that ends the scene. In this scene we’re introduced to Prince Henry (known as Hal to his drinking buddies), in a London tavern. At the end of the scene Prince
Henry, alone and speaking to himself, talks about how he’ll shine all the
brighter once he becomes king because of the low expectation he is raising for
himself as a ne'er do well prince.
If I’m not mistaken, Hal’s father made a similar
speech about himself before becoming king. At that time, he spoke of how King
Richard was always in the public eye and that he, Henry, would be less in the
public eye and therefore shine brighter, like the sun, when he was.
Like father, like son.
1 comment:
Twins!
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