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Formal convention in Verdi's Falstaff
Falstaff (premiered in 1893) draws more explicitly on primo ottocento formal conventions for duets, arias, and central finales than scholars have previously argued. A description of those conventions (generally referred to as the solita forma) is followed by the analytical application of those …
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The Imagery of Sir John Falstaff
… the greatest comic figure in literature—Sir John Falstaff. This man, the fat, ribald companion of Prince Hal, has enticed the critical minds of writers from the Restoration Period to present time. As all great comic characters, Falstaff possesses a many-faceted personality which has left him open …
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An analytical study of the character of Sir John Falstaff
… an analytical study of the character of Sir John Falstaff in The First and Second Parts of Henry The Fourth, and The Merry Wives of Windor, by William Shakespeare, its purpose being to assist in an accurate portrayal of the character upon the stage. It is, then, an acting thesis in three parts: a …
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The humanization of Falstaff: audience experience and response in <i>Henry IV</i>
… of <em>Henry IV</em> than an interpretation of Falstaff’s progress through it, particularly when that progress is interwoven—as it so frequently is—with Prince Hal’s own movement toward kingship. I have limited myself to selected scenes even among those in which Falstaff participates; the …
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The King's Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I
… understanding of Hal as a great manipulator. Falstaff uses the ruse of rhetoric instructor in order to construct a classical rhetorical argument for his own ends, and Henry IV gives a passionate yet formally adept (and classically rhetorical) plea to his son in order to incite change. An …
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"Let heaven kiss earth!": The Function of Humanism and Animism in Shakespeare's Richard II and Henry IV, Parts I and II
… the death of his father and his rejection of Falstaff in 2 Henry IV, Hal demonstrates that the only solution to the humanism/animism debate is to entirely reject the tenets of both and, instead, blend the two viewpoints together. The result is a newly formed conception of kingship and a …
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Playing Devil's Advocate: The Attractive Shakespearean Villain
… Hamlet to the despicable yet charming John Falstaff, Shakespeare's characters remain eternal representatives of what any good character should be: interesting, provocative, and complicated.</p> <p>However, among the playwright's most hypnotic figures are his villains, those characters whom …