However, Shakespeare adds an element of suprise when Falsteff is welcomed by cruel and warning speech by the new king, warning Falstaff to stay away from him, and to mend his ways. Shakespeare has Henry be so cruel to his long loved.
friend as to show his advisors that he means business. His advisors respond by.
respecting the young king as they had just witnessed his virtue and rightful.
intentions.
In Shakespeare's' Henry V, henry is faced with the monumental task of.
ruling the throne of England. Shakespeare has Henry go forth alone, with no.
known mentors. As his father is dead, and his old drunken acquaintance,.
Falstaff, is as good as dead. Although Henry abandoned Falsaff, his long time.
chum, he had to do it for the wellness of the kingdom depended on it. That one.
incident proved to his court and advisors that he was ready to be a king and.
could handle the awesome responsibilities of the tremendous job. He was.
forced to put duty and fairness above friendship.
Henry is now faced with a tough situation. He has decided to go to war , as his father told him to do, but he still has not completely finished the second element of his fathers advise. Shakespeare sets the mood that Henry is still questioning himself as king and his choice to abandon Falsaff, and he cannot help but feel responsible for Falstaff taking ill recently. His other old drinking pals obviously feel the same way. Hostess: " The King hath killed his heart" (49, act 1, scene 2, ll 86). The hostess, along with his former friends, Pistol, Corporal Nym, Lieutenant Bardolph all feel that when the king spoke bad of Falsaff, it killed him as Henry was his closet companion at the time. Nym replies with: ''The king hath run bad rumors on the knight. That's the even of it" ( 51, act 1, scene 2, ll 118-119). When Henry told Falsaff off, he might not of considered what would happen to Falsaff himself when he is dealing with the rejection.
