Again, there is a contrast between what King Henry perceives and what is reality. The king is obviously distressed over Hal’s choice of friends and how they affect this ‘Princely image’. Hal on the other hand asks for a “pardon on my true submission” (3.2.27), claiming that such people (friends) tell stories that may not always be true, “oft the ear of greatness must hear” (3.2.24). Shakespeare, then allows Prince Hal to defend himself to his father’s interpretations of his (Hal) character. The word such is used to emphasize his displeasure of Hal’s friends and the image they portray around him causing Hal in the eyes of Henry to lose his princely image. Rude society as there art matched withal.
As well Shakespeare allows King Henry to bring Prince Hal’s mask to attention by using anaphora: “some displeasing service I have done” (3.2.5). King Henry is the first to speak and sets a somber tone as he begins to unmask himself to his son. At the beginning of Act III scene ii, Shakespeare clears all other characters from the stage to allow King Henry’s first meeting, face to face with Prince Hal, to be focused and intense.
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