Henry Iv And Prince Hal Relationship

Henry IV is one of the best history based plays by Shakespeare which tackles a lot of different aspects in society and not only the live of king Henry IV. This play also tackles the deeply intricate relationship between family members and special father and son. The play continues to depict the toxic relationship between Prince Hal and his father and the play also mentions the complex relationship between Prince and Falstaff. This is fascinating play that shows the deep human interaction that is mostly present in Shakespeare works. Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho is a modern re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Henry IV which also deeply deals with the father and son relationship that is present in the play. This movie also modernizes the character of Falstaff by breaking him into
Mike went through a lot with scot who has similar characteristics with Prince Hal and both engaged in homosexual relationship. One of the biggest similarity comes when they introduced in the film the same robbery based prank from the play Henry IV which pranked Bob(Falstaff). The film also depicts the devious plans of Scott (Prince Hal) to leave his lifestyle on the street for a live of acceptance and authority. Another thing is the Scott does not consider having sex unless he is rewarded appropriately. This shows that Scott is a prostitute and furthermore he exemplifies the true definition of hustler. The civil war plot was change in Van Sant’s film by a personal adventure to find mike’s lost mother, and it was this failed attempt which indicates Scott’s abandonment. The following scenes highlight not on Scott’s brilliant future but instead the destruction he left behind, which is represented by death of Bob and Scott’s