... and because he is king by divine right and, by definition, must be separate from the people. The chorus at the beginning of Act four states that "A little touch of Harry in the night" has kept the men's spirits up, Henry has visited the men and tried to keep their morale high. The actual decline of Falstaff blamed on Hal's excommunication of him is something that critics argue ... bitterly about. Stephen Greenblatt, perhaps the most famous current Shakespeare scholar, argues strongly against Hal's action, claiming it demonstrates not ... 's eventual consent can be read as being given wi...

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