Falstaff’s Gluttony, Lust, Avarice, Sloth and Pride in Henry IV Part I

Abstract This paper aims at looking Shakespeare’s character Falstaff through the prism of some seven deadly sins. The doesn’t claim that it explores all sins present in Falstaff’s personality. main this examines personality are gluttony, lust, avarice, sloth, and pride. presence so many one interconnected is known as concatenation As Bernard Spivack (1958) David Wiles (1987) have explained, ways serves Vice figure from morality plays tempting Prince Hal. Since stems associated mainly to sins, will try show fact possesses can facilitate possibility him being identified stemming plays. I find each afore-mentioned by analyzing actions inactions trying characteristics behavior. also look fate whether there any similarity between second part.