Anne Page: The One Who Chooses
First appears: Act 1, Scene 1
Anne Page has three suitors: Slender, chosen by her father; Doctor Caius, chosen by her mother; and Fenton, chosen by herself. She has no interest in the first two and quietly makes her own arrangements.
The final scene of the play reveals her plan. In the confusion of the fairy masque, she has guided Fenton to find her while her parents' candidates are misdirected into marrying each other by mistake.
She is a small part but her independence is absolute. In a play about women outsmarting men, she is the youngest and most decisive.
Key Scenes
Famous Quotes
“O, what a world of vile ill-favor'd faults Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a-year!”
Anne Page — Act 3, Scene 4
“Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth And bowl'd to death with turnips!”
Anne Page — Act 3, Scene 4
Themes
Other Characters in The Merry Wives of Windsor
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