Mistress Page

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Mistress Page is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. She is one of the two titular "merry wives" who are married and financially independent.1

In the play, Mistress Page, along with Mistress Ford, is the target of Sir John Falstaff's advances. Falstaff attempts to swindle money from them by writing identical love letters. However, the two wives discover his plot and conspire to trick and humiliate him. Mistress Page is also involved in a secondary plot concerning the wooing of her daughter, Anne, by multiple suitors. She, along with Mistress Ford, is characterized as good-hearted, chaste, and witty.12

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The Merry Wives of Windsor
…fancy to two married women, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, who are said to control their own financial affairs and thus to be moderately wealthy. He writes identical love letters to them, hoping to swindle some money from them while also enjoying them as sexual partners. He tries to engage…
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…fancy to two married women, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, who are said to control their own financial affairs and thus to be moderately wealthy. He writes identical love letters to them, hoping to swindle some money from them while also enjoying them as sexual partners. He tries to engage…
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