The Merry Wives of Windsor · Chapters

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Chapter companions for The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.

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Chapter 1
Act I
The Merry Wives of Windsor — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
Chapter 2
Scene I
Justice Shallow, Slender, and Sir Hugh Evans discuss Falstaff's offenses and the potential marriage between Slender and Anne Page. The scene includes interactions with Anne Page, Mistress Ford, and Mistress Page, as well as Slender's awkward courtship.
Chapter 3
Scene II
Sir Hugh Evans instructs Simple to deliver a letter to Mistress Quickly, asking her to help advance Slender's suit for Mistress Anne Page.
Chapter 4
Scene III
Falstaff, at the Garter Inn, dismisses Bardolph to become a tapster and reveals his plan to woo both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page for their money. He gives letters to Pistol and Nym to deliver, but they refuse out of honor and vow revenge by exposing his scheme to their husbands.
Chapter 5
Scene IV: Doctor Caius's House
Mistress Quickly hides Simple from Doctor Caius, who discovers him and challenges Sir Hugh Evans to a duel over Anne Page. Fenton then visits, seeking Quickly's help in wooing Anne.