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sologdin
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2 Henry IV
Different levels of converting disorder into order, maybe. Falstaff must be excluded, not because he is some sort of proto-lumpen who parasites off crime and credit, but because his form of disorder, which speaks some sort of truth to power, may not be permitted to exist after the monarchy assimilates what it needs from him.
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Different levels of converting disorder into order, maybe. Falstaff must be excluded, not because he is some sort of proto-lumpen who parasites off crime and credit, but because his form of disorder, which speaks some sort of truth to power, may not be permitted to exist after the monarchy assimilates what it needs from him.
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Começando “the taming of the shrew”
— Feb 04, 2026 01:56PM
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sologdin
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Merry Wives of Windsor
Falstaff seeks to seduce two married women to access their households' property (cf. Bassanio) and almost becomes a sort of villainous remainder (like Shylock or Malvolio)--but is reincorporated into society after his gemeinschaft humiliations are complete. His actual rendering as homo sacer can't happen as the only authority here is unmasked as fraudulent, and thus he's safe, for now.
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Falstaff seeks to seduce two married women to access their households' property (cf. Bassanio) and almost becomes a sort of villainous remainder (like Shylock or Malvolio)--but is reincorporated into society after his gemeinschaft humiliations are complete. His actual rendering as homo sacer can't happen as the only authority here is unmasked as fraudulent, and thus he's safe, for now.
Michael
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King Henry IV Part 1 4/5
Shakespeare is actually really good.
— Feb 02, 2026 02:38PM
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Shakespeare is actually really good.
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i Henry IV
The comic underplot is not merely a burlesque of the main plot (as in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, say)--it offers a counter narrative, almost a materialist vision against the monarchy and aristocratic rebels, and provides an alternate education for the prince, as against his father's expectations. Falstaff's 'honor' speech ties back to CoE's 'words are but wind,' also an issue in MoV and R&J.
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The comic underplot is not merely a burlesque of the main plot (as in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, say)--it offers a counter narrative, almost a materialist vision against the monarchy and aristocratic rebels, and provides an alternate education for the prince, as against his father's expectations. Falstaff's 'honor' speech ties back to CoE's 'words are but wind,' also an issue in MoV and R&J.
