Eastward Ho! (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston
- First Published: 1605
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1605
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy, Comedy of humors
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Victims, Seventeenth century, London, Apprentices, Laughter, Gold work or goldsmiths
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Touchstone, a blunt, honest goldsmith. The pretensions of his daughter Gertrude and his wild apprentice, Quicksilver, irritate him, while the duty and devotion of his daughter Mildred and his steady apprentice, Golding, gratify him. Although he is stern, he is too good-hearted to deny mercy to the repentant sinners.
Mistress Touchstone, his somewhat simple wife. Dazzled by her social-climbing daughter and her knighted son- in-law, she too irritates Touchstone. When Gertrude comes to grief, Mistress Touchstone urges her to beg her father’s...
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