Why did hotspur have to die

With their horses taken, Poins and Hal will have to wait for their friends to meet them in London; they will have to walk there empty handed! Hotspur reads a letter confirming that a nobleman they have approached will not join their cause against King Henry IV angering Hotspur.

Hotspur worries that this nobleman will betray them, revealing their plans to King Henry. Hotspur's wife resents being neglected by her husband Hal and Poins are at an inn waiting for their luckless friends Falstaff, Gadshill, Bardolph, Peto to arrive and looking forward to laughing at Falstaff's lies as to how they allowed themselves to be robbed.

In the meanwhile, Poins and Hal give inn servant Francis the run around and Hal reveals his disdain of royal title, displaying a common touch.

Tellingly, he reveals his envy of Hotspur, suggesting he wishes he was more like him Falstaff and friends arrive, Falstaff being exposed as a liar to much amusement. Falstaff argues that he knew Hal was robbing him and thus allowed himself to be robbed. Falstaff is wanted for a robbery. Hal decides to pay back Falstaff's robbery victims and to have Falstaff lead troops against this revolt The rebels divide up England.

Mortimer is to have the south, Glendower the west and Hotspur who represents the Percy family will have the north. Glendower and Hotspur squabble over their territories but eventually compromise. Hotspur's wife Kate is not so blindly loving of her husband as is Mortimer's wife, Lady Mortimer King Henry criticizes Prince Hal for wasting time with his life. He warns that Hotspur may have a greater claim to be King of England by his actions than Hal will by right alone if Hal continues to waste time while men like Hotspur earn the people's admiration just as King Henry himself did which helped him to replace Richard II.

Hal assures his father that he will defeat Hotspur, overjoying King Henry. We learn that Douglas and the English rebels have met at Shrewsbury representing a very powerful force. Hal and father set off to meet this threat.

Falstaff complains that he has no money, his pocket was picked, cursing Hal in the process. Hal arrives, explaining that he repaid those Falstaff stole from and that he was the one who picked Falstaff's pocket.

Falstaff is placed in command of some men, reluctantly becoming a soldier. Hal organizes preparations for the upcoming battle At the rebel camp, the rebels learn that they will be fighting weaker than expected; Hotspur's father, Henry Percy, The Earl of Northhumberland cannot join them, owing to illness.

Hotspur though disheartened quickly regains his enthusiasm. Vernon arrives, announcing that not only do King Henry's forces number thirty thousand, but also Glendower's forces are unlikely to be available either since they need another two weeks time to be gathered. Hotspur now facing certain defeat, looks death in the eye, determined to win no matter what the odds Falstaff ashamedly leads his ragtag troops towards Coventry, pretending that he is not ashamed of them.

Hal meets him, laughing at Falstaff's expense about his troops. Falstaff, Hal and Westmoreland head off together for Shrewsbury to meet the rebels in battle The rebels disagree on strategy.

This act shows Falstaff and Prince Henry at some of their mischief. It shows that Hotspur is worried about the rebellion. The sheriff goes to the tavern to arrest Falstaff for stealing, but the Prince saves him. During their revelry a messenger brings word of Hotspur's rising in the North; Henry says he will go to court the next morning. How does Shakespeare bring Prince Henry into a favorable light? By introducing the long interview with his father in which the Prince acknowledges his waywardness and arouses himself to a sense of his responsibilities.

How does Hotspur justify himself and his comrades for this war? Hotspur says that after Bolingbroke became King Henry IV, he demanded tribute from the whole state; permitted March to lie in Wales without being ransomed; dismissed Worcester from the council-board; sought to entrap Hotspur; drove his father from court; and broke oath upon oath.

Lines Why was Hotspur not informed of the King's offer? Worcester says they will be all undone if Hotspur hears of the King's offer. He says the King cannot keep his word with them — that he will always suspect them. Why was Hotspur's death necessary for the action of the play? Hotspur had rebelled from the beginning of the play — there was no other solution than his death. He was the leading spirit in the rebellion. If he had been imprisoned there would have been continuous plots to release him.

Prince Henry's killing him shows the audience that the Prince's courage is real courage; overcoming Falstaff in the stealing scene might not have required any valor.

What generous act does Prince Harry perform? The Prince grants the Earl of Douglas his freedom without ransom. To this end, Falstaff unchivalrously fakes death on the battlefield in order to save himself from Douglas. At that moment, there is no greater contrast between the two men and what they stood for. From the beginning of the play, Hotspur is bathed in honor and glory due to his military prowess, to the extent that the King himself wishes the young warrior is his son. Despite the fact that Prince Hal was the one who dealt Hotspur a noble death, Falstaff pretends to have killed Hotspur in order to be rewarded with an earldom or dukeship.