Romanticism and Falstaff
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... f Hal, once his friend in mischief, when Falstaff is told, quite bluntly by Hal that " I know thee not, old man." Falstaff is instantly lost. This is one tangle he cannot talk his way out of. Hal has decided to join the real world, within which he belongs, and pushes Falstaff and his Utopia life aside as foolish. As Baker states. "A wholly romantic character is helpless in a wholly realistic situation. Even Falstaff is helpless. He is the most romantic figure in Shakespeare; but his romanticism is entirely the romanticism of humor." The setting is now set for the Fals ...
