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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on the Play ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Henry iV and Similarites]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:457 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Falstaff and King Henry: Similar Characters
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Throughout the play Henry IV:Part I,there are many similarities
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between characters. Two that seem particularly alike are Falstaff and King
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Henry. Their common traits are demonstrated by Shakespeare in many subtle
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and not-so-subtle ways. While Falstaff seems to be able to accept himself
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for what he is, the King appears to be tied up in his image as a great
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ruler, and thus will never admit to being anything less than great.
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The characters of Falstaff and the King at first seem to be
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diametrically opposed opposites in terms of personality, yet they share
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many common traits. Falstaff is a thief; he admits to being a robber of
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purses, and, in fact, is pursued by the Sheriff at one point. The king is
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also a thief; instead of robbing purses from travellers, he stole an entire
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empire from Richard II, whom he also had murdered. In their ways of dealing
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with people, especially under uncomfortable circumstances, the two also
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behave in like ways. It is well known that Falstaff often works his way
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out of unpleasant situations using only his wit. The King is continuously
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modifying his behavior to suit the occasion, such as when he is dealing
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with Hotspur and the opposing Vassals and when he deals with Hal at the
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royal court. Both Falstaff and the King live,to a great extent, by the
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sharpness of their minds: Falstaff as a criminal, and the King as a
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politician. Another similar facet of these two characters is their view of
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bravery. Both the King and Falstaff subscribe to the theory that it is
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better to avoid danger and thus avoid the possibility of harm than to take
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risks. Falstaff does this on several occasions,such as when he played dead
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during the battle to avoid injury. At this same battle, the King employed
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similar tactics, when he had many of his men disguised to look like him and
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thus him hard to find. It is in these ways that Falstaff and the King are
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alike; it would appear that their only real differences are in how they see
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themselves. A politician and a thief can be said to have many things in
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common. The amount of similarity between Falstaff and the King seems ironic
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when shown against their sharply contrasting outward appearances. This
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close comparison of the politician to the common thief that seems to
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suggest that their only difference is in how they go about their tasks and
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how they feel about their images. Since Falstaff admits that he is a thief
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and the King doesn't, it can even be said that Falstaff is more truthful to
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himself than the King is. Falstaff and the King, therefore, make an
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interesting parallel.
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