Pistol

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Shakespearean character fictional character

Pistol is a braggart, swaggering follower of Falstaff who appears as a comic, bombastic soldier in several of Shakespeare’s plays, including *The Merry Wives of Windsor*.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pistol canonical	10
Pistola	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shakespearean character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ
alignment	Falstaff’s company ⓘ surface form: Falstaff’s entourage
appearsIn	Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ King Henry V ⓘ surface form: Henry V Henry V (play) ⓘ surface form: The Life of King Henry the Fifth The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ surface form: The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
appearsInEvent	Hundred Years' War ⓘ surface form: Hundred Years' War (as depicted in Henry V)
associatedWith	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
characterType	bombastic soldier ⓘ braggart ⓘ comic character ⓘ
creator	William Shakespeare ⓘ
culturalOrigin	English theatre ⓘ
follows	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
genreOfWork	Elizabethan drama ⓘ comedy ⓘ history play ⓘ
hasAdaptation	film adaptations of Henry V ⓘ television adaptations of Shakespeare’s histories ⓘ
influencedBy	tradition of the miles gloriosus (braggart soldier) ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryFunction	satire of military bravado ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryStatus	minor character in Shakespeare’s canon ⓘ
medium	stage play ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableTrait	bombastic speech ⓘ cowardice beneath bravado ⓘ swaggering manner ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ
partOf	Falstaff circle of characters ⓘ
relatedCharacter	Bardolph ⓘ King Henry V ⓘ Mistress Quickly ⓘ Nym ⓘ
roleInNarrative	comic relief ⓘ follower of Falstaff ⓘ
setIn	England ⓘ France ⓘ
speechStyle	highly rhetorical language ⓘ misused heroic phrases ⓘ
timeOfCreation	late 16th century ⓘ
workContext	Henriad ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Merry Wives of Windsor → character → Pistol ⓘ

Mistress Quickly → relationshipWith → Pistol ⓘ

Henry IV, Part 2 → featuresCharacter → Pistol ⓘ

Bardolph → appearsWith → Pistol ⓘ

Plump Jack → hasCharacter → Pistol ⓘ

True Magic → hasTrack → Pistol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pistola

The Ecstatic → hasTrack → Pistol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pistola

Henry V (play) → featuresCharacter → Pistol ⓘ

Fluellen → interactsWith → Pistol ⓘ

Garter Inn → associatedWithCharacter → Pistol ⓘ

Doll Tearsheet → interactsWith → Pistol ⓘ

Falstaff’s company → hasMember → Pistol ⓘ

Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle → hasCharacter → Pistol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pistola