The way of the world is the most important work of William Congreve, wrote in 1700.
This work has been criticized because it was considered difficult to understand because of the plot.
The protagonists are Mirabell, a young man
who is in love with Mrs Millamant. There is also the aunt of Mrs Millamant, Lady Wishfort, Who is not agree with the marriage beetween Mirabell and her niece.
Mirabell try to persuade Lady Wishfort, but Mrs Marwood and her lover Fainall hinder it.
Fainall had married Lady Wishfort’s daughter, but only to gain control of his wife’s property and also to take Millamant’s inheritance, and to achieve his aim he had
blackmailed Lady Wishfort.
At the end Mrs Millamant protects his aunt and warns her about the ideas of the two. As thanks Lady Wishfort decides to accept the marriage.
The fundamental point of comedy is love, the two stories of the couples, Millamant and Mirabell and Fainall and Mrs Marwood.
Congreve uses the couples to compare and contrast the different kinds of human relationships.
Many of the names of the caracters are symbolic of their personality traits.
The way of the world is the most
important
work of William Congreve, wrote in 1700.
This work has
been criticized
because
it
was considered
difficult to understand
because
of the plot.
The protagonists are
Mirabell
, a young
man
who
is in
love
with
Mrs
Millamant
. There is
also
the aunt of
Mrs
Millamant
,
Lady
Wishfort
, Who is not
agree
with the marriage
beetween
Mirabell
and her niece.
Mirabell
try to persuade
Lady
Wishfort
,
but
Mrs
Marwood
and her lover
Fainall
hinder it.
Fainall
had married
Lady
Wishfort
’s daughter,
but
only
to gain control of his wife’s property and
also
to take
Millamant
’s inheritance, and to achieve his aim he had
blackmailed
Lady
Wishfort
.
At the
end
Mrs
Millamant
protects his aunt and warns her about the
ideas
of the two.
As
thanks
Lady
Wishfort
decides to accept the marriage.
The fundamental point of comedy is
love
, the two stories of the couples,
Millamant
and
Mirabell
and
Fainall
and
Mrs
Marwood
.
Congreve
uses
the couples to compare and contrast the
different
kinds of human relationships.
Many
of the names of the
caracters
are symbolic of their personality traits.