Shakespeare's Treatment of His Sources in the Comedies

Achilles adventures Autolycus Benedick brother Bullough character Chaucer Claudio clown comedy comic complex contrast court Cressida critical daughter death derived disguised Dogberry dramatic Duke element Elizabethan episode fairy Falstaff Famous Victories fantastic farcical father Feste fool Gentlemen of Verona gives Greek Greene's happiness Hector Henry Henry IV hero heroine hints Holinshed honour Hotspur human husband invention Isabella Jadavpur University Justice king King's Leontes Lodge's London Love's Labour's Lost lovers main plot main story Malvolio marriage marry Measure for Measure medieval Midsummer Night's Dream mirth mistress moral nature Night's Dream Olivia Pandosto passion pastoral peare peare's Pericles Petruchio Plautus Polixenes Prince Promos role romantic romantic love Rosader Rosalind satire scene servant Shakes Shakespeare Shakespeare's play Shakespearian shows Shrew Shylock significance Silla source play source story subplot tale Taming thee theme Theseus thou tion Touchstone trick Troilus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Vice virtue wife wooing