Act 2, scene 1, Henry the Fourth by
William Shakespeare
Act 2 scene 1, begins with two carriers working men who move horses and goods from place to place, and they are working and complaining. When gadshill arrives, he asked One Lantern while he puts his horse in the stable but the carrier's refused because they don't trust him. The Chamberlain arrives, he has been giving gas sales tips about possible, robbery targets, and the Chamberlain now has specific information, a group of Rich pilgrims will soon be passing through on their way to Canterbury. Gads Hill, offers the Chamberlain, a cut of their takings the Chamberlain jokingly refuses and gas bill calls for his horse and leaves. This brief scene develops the subplot in which Falstaff and his friends. Rob Rich, Travelers it is worth noting that robbing Travelers and pilgrims seems to be a regular business. The carriers are on the lookout for. Thieves rightfully. Suspecting Gad cell just by the way. He acts and ironic commentary on the theme of appearance. And reality in addition, the Chamberlain acts as a partner in crime to the thieves, the scene mentions saint. Nicholas clerks a reference to highwomen or robbers because Nikolas was thought to be their patron. Saint, as many of Shakespeare's plays, common people are distinguished from nobleman by rough jesting and the use of prose rather than poetry, the carrier's discussed being bitten by fleas and blame it on the lack of a Jordan or chamber pot, which forces them to relieve themselves in a chimney, they believe that chamber lie or urine breathes the biting. Insects such crude humor appealed to the Groundlings, the poorer and generally uneducated members of Shakespeare's audience.