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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... wit in this broad sense represents a very significant element . It is the chief criterion for the distinction between true wit and false wit ; it is an important basis for the depiction of Truewit , Witwoud , and Witless ; and it is the ...
... wit in this broad sense represents a very significant element . It is the chief criterion for the distinction between true wit and false wit ; it is an important basis for the depiction of Truewit , Witwoud , and Witless ; and it is the ...
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... Witwoud and Petulant , two foppish pretenders , who delight in railing at each other . Witwoud speaks with familiar affectation and hyperbole , his speech is pestered with extravagant similitudes which ought to give an elevated air to ...
... Witwoud and Petulant , two foppish pretenders , who delight in railing at each other . Witwoud speaks with familiar affectation and hyperbole , his speech is pestered with extravagant similitudes which ought to give an elevated air to ...
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... Witwoud support Mirabell in his scheme to thwart Fainall's plan , who wants to rob his wife of her fortune . At the end of the play we come to realize that Congreve has endowed Witwoud and Petulant with an important social function ...
... Witwoud support Mirabell in his scheme to thwart Fainall's plan , who wants to rob his wife of her fortune . At the end of the play we come to realize that Congreve has endowed Witwoud and Petulant with an important social function ...
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Jeremy Colliers A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness | 5 |
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