Alazon

Product Information

In one particularly humorous moment in Act III, Tophas declares his love for Dipsas, a hideous sorcerous. This was despite the fact that other characters had encouraged Bertram not to trust him to begin with. The stories about his character inspired Rudolf Erich Raspe to adapt the man into a literary character. This foolish Miles Gloriosus brags openly and often about his supposed greatness, while the rest of the characters feign their admiration and secretly plot against him.

Other examples are "fashion's own knight", the Spaniard Armardo, in Love's Labour's Lost, the worthless Captain Parolles in All's Well That Ends Well, and Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Here, readers can get a sense of Parolles’ confidence as he speaks to Bertram and his style of speech. Like Pyrgopolinices, Thraso is wealthy and is a rival of the young man in the story for the love of a courtesan. Dramatic Monologue: a conversation a speaker has with themselves or which is directed at a listener or reader who does not respond.The alazon plays the role of an imposter, someone who has an inflated sense of worth and is often boastful to an extreme degree. He falls from whatever remaining good reputation he has by the end of the play and is forced to beg for help. It worketh in my head like new wine, so as I must hoop my sconce with iron lest my head break, and so I bewray my brains; but I pray thee, first discover me in all parts, that I may be like a lover, and then will I sigh and die. The senex iratus or heavy father figure is a comic archetype character who belongs to the alazon or impostor group in theater, manifesting himself through his rages and threats, his obsessions and his gullibility. Nous utilisons également ces cookies pour comprendre comment les clients utilisent nos services (par exemple, en mesurant les visites sur le site) afin de pouvoir apporter des améliorations.

This character, exemplified through Il Capitano in Commedia dell’arte, The Captain, whose title likely doesn’t belong to him, was unsympathetic and annoying.

In the play Miles Gloriosus ("Boastful Soldier") by Plautus, the term applies to the main character Pyrgopolynices. Reilly, believes himself to be better than everyone because of his apathy towards modern society and his Medievalist views. All terms defined are created by a team of talented literary experts, to provide an in-depth look into literary terms and poetry, like no other. The alazon is often divided into two categories, the senex iratus, also known as the angry father, and the miles gloriosus, or the braggart soldier.

The senex iratus (the angry father) and the miles gloriosus (the braggart soldier) are two types of alazṓn.

In the PC game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, there is a non-playable character named Miles Gloriosus, willing to brag about his accomplishments as soldier.

Some travellers are apt to advance more than is perhaps strictly true; if any of the company entertain a doubt of my veracity, I shall only say to such, I pity their want of faith, and must request they will take leave before I begin the second part of my adventures, which are as strictly founded in fact as those I have already related. The term "Miles Gloriosus" is occasionally applied in a contemporary context to refer to a posturing and self-deceiving boaster or bully. These characters are clearly outrageous and admit to absurd deeds the reader, and the other characters, aren’t meant to take as fact.

Like Pyrgopolinices in the Miles Gloriosus, Thraso is attended by a flatterer or parasite who follows him round and attends to his wishes. The alazon is arrogant, braggadocios, self-confident, and without the ability to recognize any of those failings in his personality. They are common within Greek plays as well as in later creations by authors like William Shakespeare.