Hotspur Seeks Redemption
            A huge part of King Henry IV, is that Hotspur is seeking redemption on King Henry IV for not being willing to pay for Mortimer, his brother-in-laws ransom because he was captured by the Welsh in the war.  Hotspur states "By him for whom these shames you underwent? / No, yet time serves wherein you may redeem / Your banished honors and restore yourselves /  Into the good thoughts of the world again, / Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt / Of this proud king, who studies day and night / To answer all the bloody payment of your deaths. / Therefore I say-"(1.3:183-191).  In this passage he is talking about revenge and getting revenge on King Henry IV for what he is doing to his family.  Hotspur believes that because that his family helped get the crown from King Richard II for King Henry IV that the king owes his family for that so Hotspur wants the king to pay the ransom, but the king refuses.  Hotspur then starts a rebellion against the king which turns out to be unsuccessful ending with Hotspur being killed by Prince Hal.  The term redeem relates to this part of the play for many reasons.  Hotspur wishes to redeem his brother-in-law from the Welsh army by holding prisoners from the king with hope that he would pay the ransom.  After King Henry IV tells Hotspur that he will not pay the ransom Hotspur then wishes to redeem back the crown to what who he says is the rightful owner which is his brother-in-law Mortimer.  Also King Henry wishes to redeem the prisoners that Hotspur is keeping from him. Overall this play has several good examples for the term redeem that could be explored and it also proves that one of the major plots is redemption.