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Comedies of William Shakespeare: Character Analyses: 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor'

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Margaret
Affiliation: Department Of English, Queens College

Character Analyses: "The Merry Wives Of Windsor"

On the whole the characters in this play are rather lightly drawn because
the play depends for its amusement largely upon situation humor and the
swiftness of its comic prose.

Sir John Falstaff:

Legend has it that this play was written because Queen Elizabeth wished
to see Falstaff in love. Certainly, we have Falstaff in the throes of some
kind of passion, but it can hardly be called "love." He is attracted to the
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