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The name Falstaff was familiar to playgoers as that of a real knight without honour or reputation . But Shakespeare was as unfortunate in his second as he had been in his first choice of a name . For as Fuller in his Worthies of England ...
The name Falstaff was familiar to playgoers as that of a real knight without honour or reputation . But Shakespeare was as unfortunate in his second as he had been in his first choice of a name . For as Fuller in his Worthies of England ...
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He is rejoiced when the “ dead ” Falstaff , bearing the corpse of Hotspur , comes to claim the honour that was really his And if a lie will help his friend , he is willing to confirm Falstaff's story . That is as far as Shakespeare ...
He is rejoiced when the “ dead ” Falstaff , bearing the corpse of Hotspur , comes to claim the honour that was really his And if a lie will help his friend , he is willing to confirm Falstaff's story . That is as far as Shakespeare ...
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Whilst Harry Plantagenet lets the world pass , and devotes his life to barren and unworthy pleasures , apparently without ambition , Harry Hotspur is intent on ' winning honour and renown . Not his is the deep and subtle craft of the ...
Whilst Harry Plantagenet lets the world pass , and devotes his life to barren and unworthy pleasures , apparently without ambition , Harry Hotspur is intent on ' winning honour and renown . Not his is the deep and subtle craft of the ...
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Send danger from the east unto the west , So honour cross it from the north to south , And let them grapple . -1 . iii . 195-197 post . For one so covetous of honour it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honour from the pale - faced ...
Send danger from the east unto the west , So honour cross it from the north to south , And let them grapple . -1 . iii . 195-197 post . For one so covetous of honour it were an easy leap , To pluck bright honour from the pale - faced ...
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He belongs to the world of comedy in which there are no moral laws , or in which they may be in abeyance for the nonce . It is interesting to note the stress laid by Shakespeare in this play on various conceptions of honour .
He belongs to the world of comedy in which there are no moral laws , or in which they may be in abeyance for the nonce . It is interesting to note the stress laid by Shakespeare in this play on various conceptions of honour .
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