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The Merry Wives of Windsor: Critical Essay by Roger Moss

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SOURCE: "Falstaff as a Woman," in Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Vol. X, No. 1, Fall, 1995, pp. 31-41.

In the essay below, originally presented in 1989, Moss argues that the figure of Falstaff disguised as a woman is a symbol of our own childlike need for play through dressing up and "theatricality."

This is a free excerpt of 53 words. There are 4,898 words (approx. 16 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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