CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well & The Merry Wives of Windsor

by Denis M. Calandra

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Here is one of Shakespeare's problematic plays and his most farcical. The arc of love's victory in All's Well That Ends Well doesn't compel an audience's compassion, yet it is still a skillfully written play. The Merry Wives of Windsor has been criticized for having been written in 14 days, yet it brims with wit and features a new tale of Falstaff, one of literature's greatest characters.… (more)

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CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's Minor Plays by James L. Roberts

CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's Comedies by Gary Carey

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All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

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Here is one of Shakespeare's problematic plays and his most farcical. The arc of love's victory in All's Well That Ends Well doesn't compel an audience's compassion, yet it is still a skillfully written play. The Merry Wives of Windsor has been criticized for having been written in 14 days, yet it brims with wit and features a new tale of Falstaff, one of literature's greatest characters.

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