As previously mentioned in class, the first thing I really noticed about the play after relfecting was the fact that it was so similiar to nearly any given Shakespeare play. It showed many aspects of the comedy such as having marriage at the end and the freqeuncy of role changes and diguises. The theme of trickery and irony is extremely prominent, and I think that Tony can almost be considered the "fool" whom we want to both jest with and at. In one sense he brings comedy to the play with his trickery and lies, but he is also an idiot because he can't read, spends all of his time drinking, and basically has no real working or intelligent future.

Generally if felt as if Tony had the upper hand during most of the play. He is of course the character who created the whole plot. Because of his jesting character there is much deception and confusion between many of the other characters. He seems to create the base of a plot, and then others are able to build off of it from there. Constance uses it to catch the eye of Marlow, by "stooping" as a barmaid. The disguises and roles played by the characters makes many of the occurances very ironic as well. The fact that Marlow acts so rude to Mr. Hardcastle is, of course, extremely ironic because he is the very person he should be impressing. I found those scenes the most comical, but half-expected someone to figure out the mix up a little faster than the characters really did. It also gave a bit of a criticism on the attitudes of class. When Marlow thinks someone is below him, he is extremely rude, and not shy in the least. However, when he is dealing with higher class women or other upperclass persons, he becomes much more conservative and polite. I think this may have been Marlow's biggest role in the play.