The Country Wife

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Prologue Act 1 Act 2 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 4, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4 Epilogue

Themes

All Themes Reputation, Appearance, and Hypocrisy Love, Marriage, and Misogyny Theatre, Puritanism, and Forbidden Desire Town vs. Country

Characters

All Characters Harry Horner Margery Pinchwife Pinchwife Sir Jasper Fidget Lady Fidget Mrs. Dainty Fidget Mrs. Squeamish Sparkish Alithea Harcourt Dorilant Lucy Quack

Terms

All Terms Cuckold Gallant or Rake

Symbols

All Symbols Signs China Blindness

Literary Devices

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The Country Wife

by William Wycherley

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Prologue
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3, Scene 1
Act 3, Scene 2
Act 4, Scene 1
Act 4, Scene 2
Act 4, Scene 3
Act 4, Scene 4
Act 5, Scene 1
Act 5, Scene 2
Act 5, Scene 3
Act 5, Scene 4
Epilogue

All Themes
Reputation, Appearance, and Hypocrisy
Love, Marriage, and Misogyny
Theatre, Puritanism, and Forbidden Desire
Town vs. Country

All Characters
Harry Horner
Margery Pinchwife
Pinchwife
Sir Jasper Fidget
Lady Fidget
Mrs. Dainty Fidget
Mrs. Squeamish
Sparkish
Alithea
Harcourt
Dorilant
Lucy
Quack

All Terms
Cuckold
Gallant or Rake

All Symbols
Signs
China
Blindness

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Genre
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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