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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... appear in a much better light , when he explains : Despite his libertinism , his anticlericalism , and his skepticism , the Truewit has many attractive qualities : he admires truth and honesty , he is cultivated , he is often good ...
... appear in a much better light , when he explains : Despite his libertinism , his anticlericalism , and his skepticism , the Truewit has many attractive qualities : he admires truth and honesty , he is cultivated , he is often good ...
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... appear ridiculous . She knows that she will never be a Millamant , whose power is her youth , charm , and beauty ... appears , start , ay , start and be surpriz ́d , and rise to meet him in a pretty disorder - Yes - O , nothing is more ...
... appear ridiculous . She knows that she will never be a Millamant , whose power is her youth , charm , and beauty ... appears , start , ay , start and be surpriz ́d , and rise to meet him in a pretty disorder - Yes - O , nothing is more ...
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... appear in a different light , when we perceive the hero's charm and appeal as a lover courting Millamant . Certainly his wit , discrimination , and sincere devotion to the heroine pertain to his attractiveness and let him appear ...
... appear in a different light , when we perceive the hero's charm and appeal as a lover courting Millamant . Certainly his wit , discrimination , and sincere devotion to the heroine pertain to his attractiveness and let him appear ...
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Jeremy Colliers A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness | 5 |
II | 16 |
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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