Mistress Ford
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Mistress Ford is a clever, quick-witted Windsor housewife in Shakespeare’s comedy who helps orchestrate elaborate pranks to outsmart the lecherous Sir John Falstaff.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mistress Ford canonical | 7 |
| Mistress Alice Ford | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
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comic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mistress Ford
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surface form:
Mistress Alice Ford
|
| appearsIn | The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mistress Page ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
clever
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loyal to her husband ⓘ playful ⓘ quick-witted ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| enemy | Sir John Falstaff ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext |
English Renaissance drama
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surface form:
English Renaissance theatre
|
| friend | Mistress Page ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | faithful wife ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAction |
helps hide Falstaff in a buck-basket to have him thrown into the Thames
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helps orchestrate elaborate pranks to outsmart Sir John Falstaff ⓘ participates in the Herne the Hunter forest masquerade to humiliate Falstaff ⓘ pretends to encourage Falstaff’s advances as part of a ruse ⓘ |
| occupation | housewife ⓘ |
| plotRole |
instigator of pranks against Falstaff
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protagonist ⓘ |
| residence | Windsor ⓘ |
| spouse | Ford ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
jealousy
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marital fidelity ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| workGenre | comedy ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mistress Alice Ford