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| #2670872 in Books | 2014-11-06 | Original language:English | 9.00 x.21 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 92 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Better than Reality TV|By Yona R. Owens|Well, you just have to read this one (it's a play) if you want a fuller understanding of early 18th century habits, intrigue, comedy, and male-female intellectual (and implied sexual) sparring. Surprisingly, we still use many of Congreve's quotes in our usual conversations -- "Music has charms to soothe the savage beast..."|0 of 0 people||Comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve, performed and published in 1700. The play, which is considered Congreve's masterpiece, ridicules the assumptions that governed the society of his time, especially those concerning love and marriage. The plot
The play is based around the two lovers Mirabell and Millamant. In order for the two to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bitter lady, who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilful, to wed Millamant. Mirabell is no saint, but he deserves the title of 'hero' for masterminding the action with the same wit and humanity with which the dramatist desig...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Way of the World | William Congreve. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.