Shakespeare, MWW (Acts 4 & 5)

This is not my agenda item but you should check it out anyway! I relate Austin Powers and "The Merry Wives."

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Evans: By Jeshu, I think the 'oman is a witch indeed. I

like not when a 'oman has a great peard; I spy a great

peard under his muffler (IV.ii.180-182).

Ford: Let it be so. Sir John,

To Master Brooke you yet shall hold your word;

For he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford (V.V.242-244).

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“Ford: Pardon me, wife. Henceforth do what thou wilt.
I rather will suspect the sun with cold
Than thee with wantonness. Now doth thy honor stand,
In him that was of late an heretic,
As firm as faith” (Shakespeare IV.iv.6-10).
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Falstaff: I do begin to perceive that I am made into an ass.
Ford: Ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant.(Shakespeare Act 5, scene 5 pg 103)

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Falstaff: I do begin to perceive that I am made into an ass.
Ford: Ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant.
(Shakespeare Act 5, scene 5 pg 103)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/02/the_end.html

Falstaff: I do begin to perceive that I am made into an ass.
Ford: Ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant.
(Shakespeare Act 5, scene 5 pg 103)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelicaGuzzo/2008/02/the_end.html

Falstaff: I do begin to perceive that I am made into an ass.
Ford: Ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant.
(Shakespeare Act 5, scene 5 pg 103)
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http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KayleyDardano/2008/02/falstaff_beating.html
“Mrs. Ford. My maid’s aunt the fat women of Brainford, has a gown above.” (Pg 79)
“Mrs. Ford. I would my husband would meet in this shape, He cannot abide the old woman of Brainford; he swears she’s a witch, forbade her my house, and hath threat ‘Ned to beat her.” (Pg 80)

Why did the women think that they could hide Falstaff by hiding him in a dress of a woman Ford Disliked so much that he would beat? From reading you understand that this was the plan all along. Falstaff thought he was smarter than mistress Ford, and Mistress Page but they plotted against him. Did they come up with this fabulous plan right on the spot; it seems that way. This passage also says something about Ford’s character. This makes Ford seem like a cruel man, most men no matter how much they hated a women would not beat her in public like it has been showmen in this seen. Today’s American society would be appalled if watching a play like this. This is an unbelievable event, which would distract people today.

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FORD Let it be so, Sir John. To Master Brook you shall hold your word, for he tonight shall lie with Mistress Ford. (MWW Act V, Scene V)

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"You do amaze her. Hear the truth of it. You would have married her most shamefully, where there was no proportion held in love. The truth is, she and I, have since contracted, are now so sure that nothing can dissolve us. Th' offense is holy that she hath committed, and this deceit loses the name of craft, of disobedience, or unduteous title, Since therein she doth evitate and shun a thousand irreligious cursed hours which forced marriage would have brought upon her" (MWW, V.v.217-227).

Man in disguise see my blog
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"Mrs Page: Well, I will muse no further. Master Fenton, Heaven give you many, many merry days! Good husband, let us everyone go home, and laugh this sport o'er a country fire; Sir John and all."

"Mrs. Page: Well, I will muse no further. Master Fenton, Heaven give you many, many merry days! Good husband, let us every one go home, and laugh this sport o'er by a country fire; Sir John and all."

This quote basically ended the play and I liked its comedic aspect. It led to a feeling of relief that every one could be civil with one another. This quote reminded me of the end of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" because that play also involved a comedic conflict between the sexes and ended with a fairly happy quote. This type of ending makes the reader feel like all that trouble was a big joke and that the turmoil that the characters went through was unnecessary. Then again, if there had been no turmoil, then there would have been no story. The line within the quote above from MWW that made me feel like everything was "okay" was "let us every one go home, and laugh this sport o'er a country fire." The key word here is "laugh." This also reminded me of family conflicts: the family schemes against one another, doesn't talk, and fights, but then comes to an understanding, or not an understanding, and realizes how stupid the issue really was.

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Shakespeare knows what he is talking about!

Falstaff: I do begin to perceive that I am made into an ass.
Ford: Ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant.
(Shakespeare Act 5)

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AndreaNestler/2008/02/this_was_funny_i_laughed_shake.html

"Evans. By Jeshu, I think the 'oman is a witch indeed. I like not when a 'oman has a great peard; I spy a great peard under his muffler."

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 4, Scene 2

"Slender. I came younder at Eton to marry Mistress Anne Page, and she's a great lubberly boy. If it had not been i' th' church, I would have swinged him, or he should have swinged me. If I did not think it had been Anne Page, would I might never stir---and 'tis a post-master's boy!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5

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Page: Well, what remedy? Fenton, heaven give thee joy! What cannot be eschewed must be embraced.
(The Merry Wives of Windsor, lines 233-4)

Does anybody else find this to be an unbelievable reaction for a father whose daughter has just married a man he despised?
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JessieFarine/2008/02/oh_what_the_hell_congrats_soni.html

Flastaff: i do begin to perceive that i am made an ass.
Ford: ay, and an ox too: both the proofs are extant. (Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare)

Mrs. Page: "Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. We do not act that often jest and laugh" (line 95-96).

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JulianaCox/2008/02/and_here_the_women_go_again.html

"Ford: Stand not amazed. Here is no remedy.
In love the heavens themselves do guide the state;
Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate" (Shakespeare 228-230).

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Mrs. Ford: How might we disguise him?

Mrs. Page: Alas, the day, I know not. There is no woman's gown big enough for him; otherwise, he might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief, and so escape.

Falstaff: Good hearts, devise something. Any extremity rather than a mischief.

Mrs. Ford: My maid's aunt, the fat woman of Brainford, has a gown above.

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Mrs. Page: "Come to the forge with it; then shape it. I would not have things cool." (Shakespeare 84)