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Falstaff's Role In Henry IV, Part One
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....of Falstaff. Much of the early criticism
I found concentrated on Falstaff and so will I. This may begin in the
eighteenth century with Samuel Johnson. For Johnson, the Prince is a "young
man of great abilities and violent passions," and Hotspur is a "rugged
soldier," but "Falstaff, unimitated, unimitable Falstaff, how .... Part 2 of Paper
....of the drama.
3. That the play is really about the fate of the kingdom, and that you
(the reader) do not connect Falstaff's scenes with the main action. This
means that the play has no real unity.
Starting with Johnson's first assumption, I do agree with this. Any
discussion of Falstaff is bound to include a judgement about his moral
character. Is he a coward, a thief, a glutton? No one can deny that he is
in fact a glutton and a thief. A coward is debatable. I choose to think he
is. H.... |
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