Falstaff is one of the most significant characters in English literature.

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Falstaff is one of the most significant characters in English literature.
I agree that Falstaff is one of the most significant characters in English literature. Most of his audiences define him as an excellent character, as he has a high command of wordplay and language. Falstaff's exceptional acting is evident in the play of Henry IV Part one (Ettari,13). In this play, he remains the center of the comedy as he represents several serious themes relating to war, politics, and kingship. The character also appears in four of Shakespeare’s plays, which include The Merry Wives of Windsor. In most of Shakespeare plays, the character is described as an obese, greedy, lustful, coward, and thief. Additionally, Falstaff lies to the whole world but remains very honest to himself; this gives him an outstanding character as compared to some other players. Shakespeare created Falstaff to represent people's views and characters, and that the reason he attracts many audiences.
Several reasons make authors describe Falstaff as one of the greatest and famous characters in the English literature. First, in Henry IV play, the figure moves the audiences more than other players such as Hotspur and Hal. He represents strong feelings of self-inclination, irresponsibility, and dishonesty, which alters the order of society. Additionally, he represents self-centered and childish characters that make it difficult for adults to accommodate him. Secondly, Ettari 2006 considers Falstaff as one of the most significant English characters for his most considerable fictive wits. The author states that Falstaff dies the death of a dishonored mentor and rejected father in two of his plays. At the start of the Henry IV Part One, Falstaff plays the role of a substantive father and companion to Hal, the king's son.
In Henry V, Falstaff disregards the crown and dignity of Hal, which causes Hal to reject him. In the play, Shakespeare states that Hal turns Falstaff from an intimate friend to a stranger, and after acquiring his kingship, he pretends to forget the name of Falstaff and treats him as a stranger (Shakespeare, and Green 215). Moreover, he rejects him as a substantive father and disregards his mentorship during his childhood. At the end of Henry V play, he dies as a disrespected and unhooded man. Similarly, in The Merry Wives of Windsor game, he is thrown to the river by the mistress ford in a dirty laundry basket causing much embarrassment.
Thirdly, Shakespeare describes Falstaff as a great English character for matching his roles in both The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV plays. In the two plays, the character remains disgraceful, gluttonous, thief, and lover of women. Furthermore, he is the same irrelevant man with a brilliant sense of humor. Additionally, in the two plays, the character displays strong characters that threaten the whole society. For instance, Falstaff plays the role of a brilliant gold digger in the Windsor town (Shakespeare, and Green 196). When he walks around the city without any penny...