Prince Hal
Prince Hal is the young Prince Henry in Shakespeare's history plays, particularly *Henry IV* Parts 1 and 2.
He spends his youth carousing with Falstaff in taverns before reforming to become the warrior-king Henry V.
The name has become shorthand for a dissolute young man who matures into responsibility: He's in his Prince Hal phase—hopefully the reformation comes before he inherits the company.
- Henry VMedieval English king
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
- HonorName or courtroom title
- BetrayalBreaking of sacred trust
- prodigal sonReturning repentant offspring
War and Peace · Reformation · Edward III · Henry IV · Henry IV
moral transformation
Prince HalRichard III
Final Yorkist king
Falstaff · Macbeth · Iago · tragic hero · Faust
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