![]() The King takes some liberties with this moment. But the pair settle their differences after Hal reveals his love for his father in a poetic scene, which ends with the king giving his crown to Prince Hal before he dies. In Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, the king feels betrayed when Prince Hal, thinking that his father is dead when in fact he is asleep, takes his father’s crown and leaves the room. But there is a significant difference in the way in which The King leaves their relationship before the king dies. ![]() Hal’s father, King Henry IV (Ben Mendelsohn), envies Lord Northumberland for having an honorable son (Percy), compared to the “riot and dishonor” of Prince Hal. ![]() In both Shakespeare’s Henriad plays and The King, Prince Hal’s relationship with his father is tense. What was King Henry V’s relationship with his father like? The King features aspects of the latter two plays, but with some key differences. ![]()
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