The Merry Wives of Windsor · Character
Nym
A drawling, cryptic corporal who speaks in clipped phrases about 'humours' and delivers Falstaff's secrets with a swordsman's deadpan menace.
supporting
Also known as Corporal Nym, Sir Corporal Nym
First appearance: Scene III
As a supporting figure in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nym is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Refuses to deliver Falstaff's letter to Mistress Ford and plots revenge by informing Master Page.
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Nym is one of Falstaff's cast-off followers, a man who claims to dislike lying even as he exposes his old master's designs on the wives of Windsor. His flat, repetitive manner of speech — all 'humour' and 'the short and…
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- Other
Character groups
- Falstaff's disreputable followers
- Windsor townspeople and suitors
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene represents the dramatic climax because it forces Anne Page into a direct emotional and psychologica…
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See Nym in Scene III