AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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Question
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Etherege’s The Man of Mode
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Wycherley’s The Country Wife
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Behn’s The Rover
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Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Significant examples are George Etherege’s The Man of Mode (1676), William Wycherley’s The Country Wife (1675), and William Congreve’s The Way of the World (1700).
Detailed explanation-2: -Main characteristics of Restoration Comedy of Manners include a flamboyant display of witty, blunt sexual dialogue, boudoir intrigues, sensual innuendos and rakish behaviour. The tone of the plays is cynical and satirical, while the language and actions are sexually explicit.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the major themes of restoration comedy is marriage and the game of love. But if marriage is a mirror of society, the couples in the plays show something very dark and sinister about order.
Detailed explanation-4: -Restoration comedy is the name given to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1700. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signaled a rebirth of English drama.