SOURCE: Theis, Jeffrey. “The ‘ill kill'd’ Deer: Poaching and Social Order in The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 43, no. 1 (2001): 46-73.
In the following essay, Theis examines The Merry Wives of Windsor's treatment of poaching, contending that poaching serves as a trope that allows for the analysis and criticism of social hierarchy, gender roles, and conflicts between generations.
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