The Merry Wives of WindsorPenguin UK, 29 de set. 2005 - 256 pàgines In need of money, the fat and foolish Falstaff devises a scheme to seduce two married women and steal their husbands' wealth. By talking to each other, however, the wives soon discover his plan and begin to plot their own revenge. Relentlessly inventive, this comic humiliation of a foolish would-be seducer is a lively, compelling and ultimately joyous celebration of the all-conquering power of laughter. |
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... jealousy', 'a foregone conclusion' – are on the lips of people who may never have read him. They have inspired composers of songs, orchestral music and operas; painters and sculptors; poets, novelists and filmmakers. Allusions to him ...
... jealousy between men. Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are the subjects of the play's title – the only one of Shakespeare's plays named solely for women. They're not just the wives of Windsor, they're the 'merry wives' – merry in the ...
... jealousy and Page's faith in his wife's chastity is revealed by this petty plan for revenge, when the husbands receive the information about their wives' potential unfaithfulness. It leads Ford to visit Falstaff disguised as a Master ...
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