Hotspur's soliloquy comes just after the meeting between Worcester, and the Douglas. They are planning a strategy to attack Hal's troops. Sir Richard Vernon soon enters the scene and reveals news that Hal is on his way to attack Shrewsbury with seven thousand men. Vernon describes Hal's army, "As full of spirit as the month of May", and "And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer". Hotspur begins his soliloquy, almost interrupting Sir Richard Vernon's praise of Hal. He says, "No more, no more: worse than the sun in March,/ This praise doth nourish agues." Hotspur is telling Vernon to stop complemen...

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... we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. (Act III, scene 1) C Mature Comedies The romantic plays Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Twelfth Night are often characterized as joyous comedies because of their generally happy mood and sympathetic characters. Written around 1599 and 1600, they represent Shakespeare's triumph in the field ... boy Aliena, and the nobleman Jaques, whom Rosalind teases for his somberness. open sidebar C3 The Merry Wives of Windsor sidebar GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE Excerpt from The Merry Wives of Windsor The ...

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... struck so fat a deer today, Though many dearer, in this bloody fray- (Act V.5 lines 106-107). Shakespeare readily used these humorous portrayals of animals to more accurately describe the true nature of one of his characters. Subsequently, in Merry Wives of Windsor, the character of Falstaff is compared to various animals thirty-one times and is made a spectacle due to his weight, as in Henry IV. In ... Merry Wives Falstaff is a devious letch who is attempting to seduce two loyally married women of Windsor to no avail. They insult him in asking "What tempest, ... I trow, threw this wha...

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... . John had great success in his career, but that success turned to failure in the 1570's. Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden was a landed heiress. Mary and John had eight children of which Shakespeare was the third. Shakespeare's childhood is actually an assumption formed by historians. This assumption mainly deals with Shakespeare's education. Shakespeare supposedly went to the local grammar school, for ... 1600. The characterization in these plays led to great tragedies Shakespeare produced later on. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV...

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... " (1588-1599): comedies: Love's Labors Won, The Suffering of Two Noblemen from Verona, A Midsummer Night's Dream; tragedies: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet; historical acts: "Henry IV" in three parts, "Richard III", Richard II". 2. "The age of great comedies" (1595-1600): The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of The Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing and historical dramas: "King John", "Henry IV" in two parts ... , "Henry V". 3. "The period of somberness and seriousness" (1601-1604): comedies: As You Like It", Twelfth Night, All is Well Which ... ...

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