The present research paper deals with Sheridan famous comedy “The School for Scandal” as a comedy of manners or a typical Restoration comedy. The comedy of manners is a phrase often used in literary history and eroticism. It is particularly applied to the Restoration dramatists in England, and especially to Congreve and Wycherley; but it is a type of comedy which can flourish in any civilized urban society, and we see it again in Sheridan (1751-1816). This kind of comedy makes fun not so much of individual human beings and their humors as of social groups and their fashionable manners. It is general satirical, though in a good-natured way. The comedy of manners is a highly artificial form of drama and is generally full of verbal wit. So, like
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This comedy was the revival of the restoration comedies which had a great influence in the age of Dryden. The restoration comedy is also known as the comedy of manners. This type of comedy exposes the follies, affectation, vanity, hypocrisy and the love intrigue of the people of the upper class society. The purpose of the dramatist is not only to expose them or to bring on the front but also to correct the follies by ridiculing them. It is generally satirical, through full of with language and funny …show more content…
Snape. The scene gives us an idea of how the ladies and gentleman in those days used together and indulge in scandalous gossiping about their acquaintances and friends. It clearly revels why the play has been given the title “The School for Scandal”. Lady sneerwell, Mrs. Candour, Sir Benjamin Backbite and Mr. Crabtree are all scandal mongers who take pleasure in circulating slanderous stories about persons of their acquaintance. Lady Sneerwell is undoubtedly the suprimo of “The School for Scandal”, with her house as its headquarters. Sir Peter Teazle who is opposed to this kind of gossiping is wonders that how these people can talk maliciously about those with whom they are so intimate. They even spread false stories about those with whom they dire twice a week. Sir Peter rightly says that every word they speak destroys the reputation of some individual. Mr. Snake, through a writer and a critic, assists lady Sneerwell in her efforts to define people by circulating wrong notions about them and by having such stories published in the gossip – columns of the
This comedy was the revival of the restoration comedies which had a great influence in the age of Dryden. The restoration comedy is also known as the comedy of manners. This type of comedy exposes the follies, affectation, vanity, hypocrisy and the love intrigue of the people of the upper class society. The purpose of the dramatist is not only to expose them or to bring on the front but also to correct the follies by ridiculing them. It is generally satirical, through full of with language and funny …show more content…
Snape. The scene gives us an idea of how the ladies and gentleman in those days used together and indulge in scandalous gossiping about their acquaintances and friends. It clearly revels why the play has been given the title “The School for Scandal”. Lady sneerwell, Mrs. Candour, Sir Benjamin Backbite and Mr. Crabtree are all scandal mongers who take pleasure in circulating slanderous stories about persons of their acquaintance. Lady Sneerwell is undoubtedly the suprimo of “The School for Scandal”, with her house as its headquarters. Sir Peter Teazle who is opposed to this kind of gossiping is wonders that how these people can talk maliciously about those with whom they are so intimate. They even spread false stories about those with whom they dire twice a week. Sir Peter rightly says that every word they speak destroys the reputation of some individual. Mr. Snake, through a writer and a critic, assists lady Sneerwell in her efforts to define people by circulating wrong notions about them and by having such stories published in the gossip – columns of the