Character Portrayal in Congreve's Comedies The Old Batchelour, Love for Love, and The Way of the WorldE. Mellen Press, 1996 - 151 páginas This study offers a detailed examination of these three comedies against their Restoration background. Particular attention is paid to the concept of the marriage market. |
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... Foresight and her sister Mrs. Frail . They belong to the class of women whom Sharma calls the ,, hypocritical ' virtuous ' " , women , who make much show of virtue in public and „ hide their carnality out of fear of losing their ...
... Foresight and her sister Mrs. Frail . They belong to the class of women whom Sharma calls the ,, hypocritical ' virtuous ' " , women , who make much show of virtue in public and „ hide their carnality out of fear of losing their ...
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... Foresight is one of Congreve's most comically sustained portraits of a senile man with a young , flirtatious wife . Foresight's predicament is similar to that of Fondlewife , as he is equally aware of the difference in age between him ...
... Foresight is one of Congreve's most comically sustained portraits of a senile man with a young , flirtatious wife . Foresight's predicament is similar to that of Fondlewife , as he is equally aware of the difference in age between him ...
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... Foresight has already made him a cuckold more than once , his fears are absurd.288 When Foresight tries to hinder Angelica from going out and wants to lock up the doors so as to prevent any man from entering the house , his young niece ...
... Foresight has already made him a cuckold more than once , his fears are absurd.288 When Foresight tries to hinder Angelica from going out and wants to lock up the doors so as to prevent any man from entering the house , his young niece ...
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Jeremy Colliers A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness | 5 |
II | 16 |
RuralUrban | 42 |
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According amorous Angelica Araminta attacked audience behaviour Belinda Bellmour Brian ed Carl Hanna Klaus century comedy of manners comic Congreve's comedies Congreve's plays contends courtship critics cuckold disguise dramatic dramatists Ernest Benn 1972 Etherege Fainall Fainall's Foakes Fondlewife fools Foresight fortune Frail Fujimura gallants Heartwell hero heroine Holland husband hypocrisy hypocritical Ibid Immorality and Profaneness Jantz Jeremy Collier Lady Wishfort libertine literary Literature London Love for Love lovers Markley marriage marry Marwood matrimony Millamant Millamant's Mirabell Mirabell's mistress moral Muir nature Nevertheless Old Batchelour op.cit Parfitt playwrights pleasure pretended protagonists Prue Puritans Puschmann-Nalenz rake rake-heroes reform regarded relationship Restoration comedy Restoration Fop reveals ridiculous satire Schneider sexual Sharma Short View Silvia Sir Rowland Sir Sampson Sir Wilfull social society stage Tattle thereby truewits Vainlove Vainlove's Valentine Valentine's virtue Weele wife William Congreve wit comedy Wittol witty Witwoud woman women World WW II Wycherley young