Index

 

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………3

Chapter one…………………………………………………………………………….6

General considerations on William Shakespeare and his comedies

 

Chapter two.........................................................................................................10

Happy ending

 

Chapter three…………………………………………………………………………..17

Marriage

 

Chapter four…………………………………………………………………………...21

Wooing

 

Chapter five……………………………………………………………………………26

Women dressing as men

 

Chapter six……………………………………………………………………………..29

Irony and confusion

 

Chapter seven………………………………………………………………………….36

Fools and clowns

 

Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………..37

Endnotes………………………………………………………………………………..40

Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………44

 

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