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Misconstruction in 1 Henry IV

Misunderstandings, mistaken identity, misconstruction of event or character are devices commonly used in Shakespearean drama. They allow the dramatist to engineer complicated comic plots which reach their denouement when the misled characters realise their mistakes. They are also part of character drawing, as the propensity to misconstrue generally reveals a defective judgement which can lead to tragic error, as in the case of Cassius who dies from having misconstrued everything (Julius Caesar, V.3.84), while the capacity to induce misconstruction in others can signal a superior, if sometimes devious, intellect. Just before 1 Henry IV reaches its conclusion through the victory of the king over the rebels at Shrewsbury, Vernon, reponing in the rebel camp the Prince of Wales' offer of a single combat with Hotspur, comments: