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Why Is Merry Wives Of Windsor Relevant?

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Following my reading of the Shakespearian comedy, Merry Wives of Windsor, by the infamous writer William Shakespeare, and a small article on his true identity which briefly covers his overall style of writing. I can assume that while Shakespeare's comedies don't hold the same comical value in today's society as when they were written; they do still hold true to their themes and remain relevant. In Shakespeare's comedies he always concludes them with someone looking like a fool or being the end of some elaborate joke or scheme. Also, there is a constant argument over Shakespeare's true identity; from which two opposing arguments have formed. While these two arguments oppose each other in certain perspectives; they both agree that Shakespeare's work are relevant. In both a historical retelling of the time period, and share important themes and messages. …show more content…

For example in his comedy, Merry Wives of Windsor, he has one of his main characters (Sir John Falstaff) get pinched by the entire cast and residence of the town while they are dressed up as fairies. In modern society if people saw this they would not find it funny, but rather strange or odd. Along with this theme of retelling the time period in Shakespearian plays, one would have to look no further than the language used in his writing. In, Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare writes, "Ay, forsooth, I have spoke with her, and we have a nayword how to know one another" (V. ii. 4-5). From this line of dialogue modern day readers will notice the word nayword and will become confused. Due to the fact they do not recognize or understand the meaning of the word. When in reality nayword is nothing more than Shakespeare's time period of a safe-word or

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