a verbal fight. Every one else in the book thinks of the Prince as a perfect young man because he is the prince, however Falstaff is too smart for this, he points out that the prince is a thief. This is a prime example of why Falstaff is righteous. Falstaff's righteous characteristics are cloaked by his speech. Not until you can see behind Falstaff's words can you actually realize what a genius he is. Falstaff looked at problems like no other man in his time. When other main characters in the book were worrying about the negative side of something, Falstaff, almost childishly, would make it humorous. In act II scene IV, Falstaff, through a keen battle of wits with the Prince proves that he is very fond of the Prince and that he is scared of the day the Prince will abandon him. While Falstaff acts like he doesn't care by joking lightly with the subject, others are very serious about the thought of them leaving to war. A very important part of the book is when Falstaff tells what his thoughts on honor are. He is a rebel by the way he boycotts honor. He does not understand why people will die for something that actually does nothing for them. Falstaff is very loud and will be even rude if that is essential to getting the point he is trying to make to others. "...Honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if honor prick me off when I come on? How then? Can honor set to a leg? No. Or and an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honor hath no skill in surgery then? No. What is honor? A word. What is that word honor? What is that honor? Air-a trim reckoning! Who hath it? He that died a Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. "tis insensible then? yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of it. Honor is a mere scutcheon--and so ends my catechism." In this quote, Falstaff goes brutal about the honor subject to show his opinion. On many occasions in the book, ...
