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Discuss how Shakespeare creates comedy in “The Merry Wives Of Windsor” in the scenes we have studied. Take into consideration the use of language and dramatic devices and structures and how these create comic effect.
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Discuss how Shakespeare creates comedy in "The Merry Wives Of Windsor" in the scenes we have studied. Take into consideration the use of language and dramatic devices and structures and how these create comic effect. Shakespeare wrote the play mainly because of Queen Elizabeth the 1st. She requested Shakespeare write the play because she had seen a character, Falstaff in the play Henry IV part A. After seeing Falstaff in this play and learning about his character she thought he would be a good character to base another play on. Queen Elizabeth gave Shakespeare fourteen days to write the play and he called it "The Merry Wives of Windsor" The Merry Wives of Windsor is based around the year 1597 when it was most likely written. The characters were a mix of higher class people who own family estates and people like falstaff who are low life's that drink most of...
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