And in that very line, Harry, standest thou; For thou has lost thy princely privilege With vile participation: not an eye But is a-weary of thy common sight, Save mine, which hath desired to see thee more; Which now doth that I would not have it do, Make blind itself with foolish tenderness.
PRINCE HENRY
I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious lord, Be more myself.
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‘And you are just like him now, because you …’
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‘Except that I would like to
see you more …’
‘I will …’
1. You will see incomplete sentences in the margin of this extract. Complete the sentences to translate
what the King is saying into modern language.
2. Now having completed the sentences, thought-track the King – what emotions is he feeling as he speaks
to his son? 3. How do you think his son feels by the end?
Write a short dialogue that shows a modern-day confl ict between a father and son.
For example: the father is a successful man who wants his son to take over the family business.
The son is the very opposite of what his father wants him to be.
The father is telling him off , explaining what he was like at his age and warning his son of what might become of him if his behaviour doesn’t change.
