| 釋義 |
Oldcastle:i.e.Sir John Oldcastle (c. 1375-1417),oneof Prince Hal (later King Henry V)'s friends. He wasconverted to Lollardy and executed as a heretic. AfterReformation,he came to be regarded as a Protestantmartyr.Oldcastle is the original name of Falstaff,butShakespeare changed the name of this character soonafter writing 1 and 2 Henry IV. 歐爾卡蘇，指約翰·歐爾卡蘇爵士，莎劇中的福斯塔夫原用此名，后因該爵士的后人抗議，改用現(xiàn)名。
△2H.IV.Epi.34(31):“for Oldcastle died a mar-tyr,and this(i.e. Falstaff) is not the man.”因?yàn)闅W爾卡蘇是作為殉教者而死的，這個(gè)人物并不是他。 |