How does Ford assist in the plot of the Play?
What pertinence to Ford's jealousy is there in the allusion to Queen
Elizabeth's Sonnet? (II, ii, 199-200).
The Sources of the Merry Wives' intrigue and what Shakespeare has done with them. (See "Sources," First Folio Edition). How is the Duel scene related to the underplot?
What characters belong in common to plot and counterplot?
QUERIES FOR DISCUSSION
Does Falstaffe show any material differences in character as he appears in this Play, in comparison with the way he appears in "Henry IV?"
THE STORY OF ACT III
THE DOUBLE DUPERY
Contrast the feelings of Falstaffe before and after the Buckbasket episode?
In which scene is Ford the worst duped?