Before revision: Boasting and bragging are necessary components of maintaining "Face" in some Arab societies.CIA: Concepts of "Face" URL Fictional characters noted for their boasting Miles Gloriosus, a stock character from ancient Roman comedy Rodomonte, a major character in the Italian romantic epic poems Orlando innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, which gave rise to the word rodomontade, meaning "boastful, bragging talk" Scaramouche, a stock clown character in Italian commedia dell'arte Falstaff, in three of William Shakespeare's plays Baron Munchausen, a baron made famous by the novel of Rudolf Raspe who enjoys telling fantastical and absurd stories about his adventures abroad.
After revision: Boasting and bragging are necessary components of maintaining "Face" in some Arab societies.CIA: Concepts of "Face" Fictional characters noted for their boasting Miles Gloriosus, a stock character from ancient Roman comedy Rodomonte, a major character in the Italian romantic epic poems Orlando innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, which gave rise to the word rodomontade, meaning "boastful, bragging talk" Scaramouche, a stock clown character in Italian commedia dell'arte Falstaff, in three of William Shakespeare's plays Baron Munchausen, a baron made famous by the novel of Rudolf Raspe who enjoys telling fantastical and absurd stories about his adventures abroad.