Shakespeare created a kind of English Bacchus at a
time when every kind of fruit or grain that could be made into a
beverage was drunk in vast quantities; and sack, which was
Falstaff's native element, was both strong and sweet. Falstaff is
saved by his humour and his genius; he lies, steals, boasts, and
takes to his legs in time of peril, with such superb consistency
and in such unfailing good spirits that we are captivated by his
vitality. It would be as absurd to apply ethical standards to him
as to Silenus or Bacchus; he is a creature of the elemental forces;
a personification of the vitality which is in bread and wine; a
satyr become human, but moving buoyantly and joyfully in an unmoral
world. And yet the touch of the ethical law is on him; he is not a
corrupter by intention, and he is without malice; but as old age
brings its searching revelation of essential characteristics, his
humour broadens into coarseness, his buoyant animalism degenerates
into lust; and he is saved from contempt at the end by one of those
exquisite touches with which the great-hearted Poet loves to soften
and humanize degeneration.
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Mabie: William Shakespeare: Poet, Dramatist, and Man.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
青春就应该这样绽放 游戏测试：三国时期谁是你最好的兄弟！！ 你不得不信的星座秘密Image may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
