Doctor Caius

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Doctor Caius is a comically hot-tempered French physician in Shakespeare’s play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," known for his exaggerated accent and farcical attempts at courtship and dueling.

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Label Occurrences
Doctor Caius canonical 5
Dr Caius 1
Dr. Caius 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
comic character
fictional character
physician
alignment comic antagonist
appearsIn The Merry Wives of Windsor
appearsInAct The Merry Wives of Windsor
surface form: Act I of The Merry Wives of Windsor

Act II of The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
surface form: Act III of The Merry Wives of Windsor

Act IV of The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
surface form: Act V of The Merry Wives of Windsor
associatedWork The Merry Wives of Windsor
characterTrait comic
foolish
hot-tempered
jealous
creator William Shakespeare
dramaticFunction comic relief
satire of foreigners
employer French royal household (implied in some interpretations)
firstPerformanceContext Elizabethan theatre
genre comedy
hasNameVariant Caius the French doctor
Doctor Caius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dr. Caius
involvedIn comic duels
farce
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryTradition English Renaissance drama
medium stage play
nationality French
notableScene duel with Sir Hugh Evans
failed elopement with Anne Page
occupation doctor
physician
rivalOf Fenton
Sir Hugh Evans
Slender
romanticInterest Anne Page
settingOfActivity Windsor
speaksWith exaggerated French accent
timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era

Referenced by (7)

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Sir John in Love featuresCharacter Doctor Caius
this entity surface form: Dr Caius
Anne Page suitor Doctor Caius
Anne Page parentsPreferredSuitor Doctor Caius
Doctor Caius hasNameVariant Doctor Caius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dr. Caius
Sir Hugh Evans associatedWith Doctor Caius