F5v Vs Falstaff

Shakespeare wrote The First Part of Henry the IV to adhere to an audience that would be familiar with the history and the characters within the play, because it was still considered recent history; however, he did alter the storyline to gear the play in a more tragic direction rather than writing the historical events as they truly happened. Similar to most of his plays, this play had been published multiple times, by several different publishers, which causes some discrepancies between the different versions. MORE DUMMY. A major difference that is clearly noticeable is the titles of the two versions, specifically with the amount of detail the titles give about the plot of the play. The 1598 version, which was published by P.S. for Andrew

This monologue is important to the storyline because Falstaff is the only non-noble character who is developed as a central figure to the play. Through this scene, it becomes apparent to Falstaff that he does not hold honor in nearly as high of a regard as the noblemen do, which may be because he does not have a title or an image to uphold. In Q1 on L4V, he states, “What is in the word honor? What is that honor?” whereas in the First Folio on F5V he states, “What is that word honor?” The differences between the texts are very minimal and could easily be overlooked when someone would compare the two versions; yet, the difference is important to Falstaff’s message. In Q1, Falstaff questions what is contained in and associated with the word honor as well as what honor is in general. As a commoner, Falstaff does not view honor as an essential part of his life, so he does not fully understand the mass amount of importance that the noblemen place on honor. During his monologue he says, “Honor hath no skill in surgerie then? No,” (L4V). From this line it is apparent that Falstaff holds abilities in a higher regard because of the visual and concrete benefits they make; for example, being a