The Merry Wives of Windsor | Evans (Sir Hugh Evans)

A Welsh parson, Evans is, like Doctor Caius, a social outsider. But his place in the town's society is more secure: as the parson, he is also the local schoolteacher, and is looked to for conventional wisdom. The fact that he does not measure up to the ideals of a country parson provides the source of much of the humor of his character.

In his speech, Evans frequently omits initial "w's," replaces final "d's" with "t's," and replaces "b's" with "p's." His speech is also full of malapropisms (a malapropism is the misuse—generally unintentional and usually funny—of a word or...

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