ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In The Way of the World, Congreve satirizes which of the following?
A
Ideas about chastity
B
The institution of marriage
C
The aristocracy
D
All of these answers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: Lady Wishfort is the most ridiculous character in the play ‘The Way of the World’. Ans: Lady Wishfort is a widow.

Detailed explanation-2: -Unfortunately, Lady Wishfort is a very bitter lady who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilfull, to wed Millamant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Further, in the way of the world summary, Mirabell proposes to Millamant and she accepts happily. As Mirabell leaves, Lady Wishfort enters and tells Millimant, she wants her to marry her nephew, Sir Wilfull. After that, Lady Wishfort receives a letter that reveals the Sir Rowland plot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Active Themes ACT ONE SCENE EIGHT Witwoud observes the exchange between Betty and the coachman and comments to Mirabell and Fainall that Petulant actually hired the women outside to pretend to be his lovers and thereby make him look more popular.

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