Doll Tearsheet

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Doll Tearsheet is a bawdy prostitute and companion of Falstaff in William Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays, known for her sharp tongue and comic exchanges in the Boar’s Head Tavern.

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Doll Tearsheet canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
prostitute ⓘ
appearsIn Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
appearsInGenre history play ⓘ
appearsInLanguage English ⓘ
appearsInSeries Henriad ⓘ
associatedTheme carnivalesque humor ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
vice ⓘ
associatedWith Boar’s Head Tavern ⓘ
Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
characterType low-life character ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Shakespearean histories ⓘ
firstAppearance Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2 ⓘ
linked to: Henry IV, Part 2
frequents Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasNameType nickname ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
hasTrait coarse ⓘ
loyalty to Falstaff ⓘ
quarrelsome ⓘ
quick-witted ⓘ
interactsWith Mistress Quickly ⓘ
Pistol ⓘ
Prince Hal ⓘ
knownFor bawdy language ⓘ
sharp tongue ⓘ
witty insults ⓘ
languageOfExpression Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryTradition English Renaissance drama ⓘ
medium stage drama ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation prostitute ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
setting Eastcheap, London ⓘ
socialClass lower class ⓘ
speechStyle colloquial ⓘ
comic ⓘ
insulting ⓘ
tone bawdy ⓘ
workAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ

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Mistress Quickly → relationshipWith → Doll Tearsheet ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 → principalCharacter → Doll Tearsheet ⓘ
Plump Jack → hasCharacter → Doll Tearsheet ⓘ
Falstaff’s company → hasMember → Doll Tearsheet ⓘ