

Others tell truth (lubricated by the usual lies of social life), or cautiously evade it. And Falstaff, who exhales falsehood, rarely expects to be believed. Moreover, while it is true that several of the characters are prolix - Hal, Falstaff, Hotspur, even old Henry Bolingbroke (let's face it, Shakespeare usually gives lots of words to his major characters!) - and much may be revealed thereby, yet they are not, in general, re-inventing themselves - or if they are, it is not through prolixity (Bolingbroke, of course, reinvented himself in Richard II as a king). In "Themes and Interpretations" the phrase "prolix inventions" is not useful - it has no referent, either in Wikipedia or on Google. Moreover, "drowsy and pudgy" hardly describes Falstaff - "fat, vital, and clownish" comes closer.- Jrmccall 00:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


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