LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Love
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Freedom
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Security
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Money
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Social Standing
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is the ideal Restoration beau, a combination of the cynical and the gracious. He has the vices and the virtues of his kind. In his day, he has been a successful woman-chaser. As a cover for an affair, he cynically arranged for the marriage of his mistress to a man presumably his friend.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mirabell tells Fainall about his love of Millamant and is encouraged to marry her. Witwoud and Petulant appear and Mirabell is informed that should Lady Wishfort marry, he will lose £6000 of Millamant’s inheritance. He will only get this money if he can get Lady Wishfort’s consent to his and Millamant’s marriage.
Detailed explanation-3: -The very title of the play, The Way of the World points to the ‘way’ the central characters of the play adopted in order to surmount obstacles created by their rivals to attain their wishes. Congreve makes fun of marriage and love in this play. The play deals with the love intrigues in upper class society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Millamant is generally conceded to be the most charming heroine in Restoration comedy. She is a fitting partner-antagonist to Mirabell. She maintains the same self-control to the very end of the proviso scene. She too loves but shows no sentiment.