1. Love and Marriage in Restoration Comedies
Although the plots were complex and the characters very hard to keep straight, each play focused on a certain themes. ... Pinchwife isn't especially bright, but in his jealousy, he becomes a dangerous character. ... The plot's executors are also different, the men involved are Myrtle, who loves Lucinda, and the servant Tom. ... When important, upper-class characters do attempt to conceal the truth, they do it out of regard for each other, not malice. ... After they list conditions, Mirabell says, "These provisos admitted, in other things I may prove a tractable and complying husband...
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- Grade Level: High School