The story centers on Hal a wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, who has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people.
When his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life, including his relationship with his closet friend and mentor, the aging alcoholic knight, John Falstaff.
as in trying to show him the real him. Why he should not try to become someone else. It was never about retaliation with Henry, how come then a mere instigation makes him so mad that he starts spewing nonsense.
I speak only when there’s something to be said. Too often have I seen men of war invent work for themselves, work that leads to nothing but vainglory and slaughtered men. I am not that man. And this here is the war that you have chosen to wage.
People invent fantasies when they have nothing to do. They get incited by daft things and create fights that shouldn’t be fought. The results are written in gore. You shouldn’t chase non-existent things when you know for a fact it’s the reason for your definite decline.
John tells him that this war could have been avoided too had Henry not gone looking for it. It is a veritable truth that Henry suddenly feels piercing his soul. It is hard to turn back now. There is so much self-respect at stake.