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The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare, William

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral DramaShakespeare

ISBN10: 1489511741
ISBN13: 9781489511744
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 20 2013
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
According to legend, Queen Elizabeth I was so delighted with the character of Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts I and II, that she commanded Shakespeare to create a romantic comedy depicting the jolly old rogue in love. The obedient playwright responded with The Merry Wives of Windsor, a lively and enduring farce that offers a humorous rebuff to lechery and hypocrisy.Falstaff, whose greed and vanity overwhelm his good sense, determines to seduce a pair of well-to-do country housewives. The portly knight meets his match among the gentlewomen of Windsor, however, who counter his every stratagem with witty maneuvers of their own that expose Sir John's tomfoolery to public mirth. Familiar Shakespearean themes and devices--romance, jealousy, disguises, and mistaken identities--enrich the plot, along with a sparkling cast of supporting characters, including rival wooers, informers, and witty go-betweens.

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