ENGC10H3 Lecture 14: Lecture 14 Notes

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Humours moods, whims: whims, antics of john falstaff. Early modern notion of 4 humours forces inside the body regulated moods linked to health, well-being. Lord chamberlain"s men acting company: play printed after it was acted out. Why are there two parts of this play: because there was too much material, because the first play was so popular and there was demand for it. More common characters for comic relief they speak in prose, not poetry: poetry for court, prose for tavern. Prose is more difficult because there are more pop culture references: comedic play more interested in roles of low-class. That"s the new challenge but there"s still the tavern psychomachia internal struggle of who he"s going to be he calls falstaff his ill angel reference to angel/devil on the shoulders. King henry as figure of law and order but don"t forget he used to be bolingbroke he used to be rebellious and wild which is why he admired hotspur.

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