Hostess Quickly

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Hostess Quickly is a comic innkeeper in several of Shakespeare’s plays, known for her malapropisms, earthy humor, and association with the roguish Sir John Falstaff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
comic character
fictional character
appearsAlongside Bardolph
Nym
Pistol
Prince Hal
appearsIn Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V
linked to: Henry V (play)

The Merry Wives of Windsor
appearsInCollectedWork First Folio (as part of Shakespeare’s plays)
appearsInGenre comedy
history play
appearsInSetting Eastcheap taverns
London
linked to: London, England
associatedWith Eastcheap
Sir John Falstaff
characteristic comic
earthy
prone to malapropisms
talkative
comicDevice double entendre
malapropism
creator William Shakespeare
gender female
houseType tavern
language Early Modern English
languageFeature frequent misuse of words
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
literaryTradition Elizabethan drama
medium stage drama
nationality English
notableTrait comic misunderstanding of legal and religious terms
occupation innkeeper
relationshipWith creditor of Falstaff
friend of Falstaff’s companions
roleInPlot comic relief
supporter of Falstaff
runs Boar’s Head Tavern
socialClass lower middle class
speechStyle prose
themeAssociation low-life comedy
tavern life

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