The Country Wife

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Horner sees the world as a playground and love as a game. He married her (a country wife) so that he could avoid all the infidelity, extravagance, and impertinence associated with the stereotypical city wife. Sparkish, unlike Pinchwife, is not jealous of Harcourt who is in love with Alithea, and flirts and tries to seduce her. He tries his best to keep Margery away from the city life and he makes her stay home. Horner succeeds in making all the husbands look foolish, but dulls his reputation. She ends up having to choose between the vow she has made to her fiancée or to her seducer, Harcourt. Horner does a lot of complaining about women and how they use him, when actually he is using them and their husbands. The theme of the Country Wife is men, women and the struggle of marriage. Margery Pinchwife who is the naïve country wife. The Bible tells us not to covet our neighbor’s goods. Margery’s trips to the city made her leave her “country wife” life behind and she wanted to show that she was sophisticated. Horner makes many derogatory remarks about women; he says they are like soldiers. Horner in a way feels that men lose their freedom by being attached to women. Pinchwife, and he is extremely jealous of his wife.

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Approximate Word count = 623
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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