This play brings together three different worlds and the concepts of success:
a) London and the sale of commodities (The Yellowhammers, the Allwits, the Touchwoods, and other citizens)
b) The Country and the prestige of landownership (Sir Walter and his "Welsh gentlewoman")
c) The University and the pretension of education (Tim and his tutor)
The push seems to be to bring these worlds together through marriage and bartering using wives, daughters and whores in order to enjoy the benefits of all three worlds. Considering the chaos that ensues and the success of of the play's matches, is it possible for these world's to fuse successfully? Does the play posit marriage - or something else - as the solution tht can bring these worlds together?
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