Fatness and Monstrosity: Falstaff in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV
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Sir John Falstaff in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV is most known as the “fat knight.” Other characters mock his obesity as the result of laziness, glutton and greed, but we can find the opposite attitude toward obesity at the same time. Falstaff’s fatness is sometimes considered as carnal or anti-Protestant, sometimes as the symbol of feudal lords’ largesse which was one of their most important virtues. When we see Falstaff’s obesity as a symbol of excess, we need to connect it with his social status as a knight in the chivalric society. Knights are to be the agents of chivalric codes, but Falstaff never intends to live up to the codes. He even mocks the social value. Falstaff’s obesity is a visualized symbol of his uncontrollable characteristic. A knight who mocks the value of chivalry becomes monstrous. When it is combined with his monstrous body, his monstrosity necessitates Hal’s rejection as he becomes the king, who needs to set up the rules and preserve the codes of the society.
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Sir John Falstaff in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV is most known as the “fat knight.” Other characters mock his obesity as the result of laziness, glutton and greed, but we can find the opposite attitude toward obesity at the same time. Falstaff’s fatness is sometimes considered as carnal or anti-Protestant, sometimes as the symbol of feudal lords’ largesse which was one of their most important virtues. When we see Falstaff’s obesity as a symbol of excess, we need to connect it with his social status as a knight in the chivalric society. Knights are to be the agents of chivalric codes, but Falstaff never intends to live up to the codes. He even mocks the social value. Falstaff’s obesity is a visualized symbol of his uncontrollable characteristic. A knight who mocks the value of chivalry becomes monstrous. When it is combined with his monstrous body, his monstrosity necessitates Hal’s rejection as he becomes the king, who needs to set up the rules and preserve the codes of the society.
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