Pinchwife: Becomes a cuckold immediately after pressing their wife his naive partner aside out-of your
Characters
Harry Horner : A well known London rake who, so you're able to get sexual use of “respectable” feminine, spreads the brand new rumor one venereal state has actually made your impotent. Horner is the most informative of all of the “wits” about gamble, tend to drawing-out and you may leaving comments towards ethical failings regarding anyone else.
Puritanism
- Even though from inside the proclaiming to the world that he is a keen impotent eunuch, Horner fundamentally emasculates himself and you will removes it all that makes him men, he's really the extremely smart character on the play as the they are the person who turns out ‘which have they all'.
Mr. He could be a middle aged man recently married with the country spouse Margery. A rake ahead of his marriage, he could be today the fresh new archetypal envious husband: he stays in anxiety about being cuckolded, maybe not since the guy loves his wife however, while the he thinks you to definitely the guy has her. He is a latent tyrant, potentially violent.
- He could be best as he says one to cuckolds are generally the providers of their own misfortune. He requires most of the precaution to store his wife regarding falling to the new predatory give out of Horner. Foolishly, he is the very instrument you to definitely leads to this event.
Margery Pinchwife : The attractive younger “country partner” of one's label, Margery try recently partnered to help you Jack Pinchwife and that's going to London area for the first time observe Alithea's matrimony. this woman is on the country and her reputation seems to be very dumb and you can childish. She is apparently maybe not educated which is proud of things and you can everything. Shes young and you can fairly.
Alethea Pinchwife : Alithea is the Younger aunt off Jack Pinchwife.
