ENGC10H3 Lecture 16: Lecture 16 Notes
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1653 text humoural theory still persisted then. Hal as sanguine orders a small beer. Arguing that the black bile substance contains the melancholy. Falstaff says alcohol elevates disposition without it we re fools ironic because. Falstaff is seen as a fool falstaff mocks medical discourse about the effects of food. Sherry falstaff talks about lives, how it affects the humours liver that produce the bile talks about all the powers of alcohol offers. Says that valiance was gained from drink he s phlegmatic like his dad by nature, but alcohol is what makes him hot and valiant choleric. Drinking allows his humour balance to change. This speech is comedic not meant to be taken seriously, but in handout, it s serious. Ironic that hal asks for small beer not sherry suggest he wants to abstain from alcohol he doesn t want to be too invested in the tavern.
