es. A politician and a thief can be said to have many things incommon. The amount of similarity between Falstaff and the King seems ironicwhen shown against their sharply contrasting outward appearances. Thisclose comparison of the politician to the common thief that seems tosuggest that their only difference is in how they go about their tasks andhow they feel about their images. Since Falstaff admits that he is a thiefand the King doesn't, it can even be said that Falstaff is more truthful tohimself than the King is. Falstaff and the King, therefore, make aninteresting parallel....
