Metatheatricality in Shakespeare’s Time
Throughout the Merry Wives of Windsor, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford “act” quite often within the play. Even in Act IV, when Mistress Ford and Mistress Page dress Falstaff and make him appear to be Ford’s aunt and having him…
Mistress Quickly for Quick Judgement
Within the first scene of act four of the Merry Wives of Windsor, it shows that Mistress Quickly is a person who tends to judge everything she hears quickly. Not only does she end up hearing everyone’s problems since she’s…
The Oblivious, Self-Centered Wives of Windsor
The final acts of the play reveal an overarching theme of self-serving agendas played out by characters who are too self-involved to notice what is right before there eyes. This can be seen with the deception of Falstaff, who is…
Anne Page Defies Women’s Roles
As the play approaches its climax as the Ford and Page families plan to publically humiliate Falstaff in Act Five, readers learn in Act Four Scene Six that Anne Page is devising her own scheme. In this scene Fenton reveals…
Differences of Marriage: The power of Trust
It is obvious through the first two acts of Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor that he is comparing to marriages. We see the Ford Marriage, which is full of distrust. Mr. Ford believes his wife is having an affair. He…
Mr. Ford V. Mr. Page
I think as being a husband Mr. ford should trust his wife because she is his life partner. As compare to Mr. Page, Mr. Ford is a bad husband. why would Mr. Ford wants to find out about mistress Ford’s…
Mrs. Ford’s wrongful move
If I were Mrs. Ford I would have never planned that revenge against Falstaff. Instead to make herself look trustworthy in front of her husband, she should have handed the letter to him. The revenge that Mrs. Page and Mrs….
Trustworthy or Deceptive?
After receiving the letters from Falstaff, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford plan their revenge. They decide to play along and lead Falstaff on. However, as we have seen previously, Ford is quite distrusting of his wife, while Page is the…
The Difference Between Two Marriages
Through the first two acts of Merry Wives of Windsor, it is obvious that Shakespeare is comparing two, differing marriages. Ford is extremely distrusting of his wife, Mistress Ford, and assumes the worst when he hears of Falstaff’s deception to seduce…