Way of the World is a comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve.

Performed and published in 1700 the play ridicules the assumptions that

governed the society of his time, especially those concerning love and

marriage. The plot concerns the efforts of the lovers Millamant and Mirabell

to obtain the permission of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort, for their

marriage. Despite a scheme that goes wrong and after several

misunderstandings are cleared up, the two finally obtain her consent. This

essay will discuss the actions of Mrs. Marwood. Though she is a minor

character, her motives in the play lead her to help in the distruction of

Mirabell's scheme. In the second act we find that Mrs. Fainall and Mrs.

Marwood both hate men. As they begin to conspire, we see Marwood's

manipulative abilities going to work, convincing Mrs. Fainall that she should

divorce her husband. In Public the Fainall's seem t

intention are to help Fainall extort money out of Lady Wishfort. In addition to

moment, all seems lost, but Foible convinces Lady Wishfort that she did not

and even Millamants involvement with the unapproved contract. However,

Wishfort the entire plan including Waitwell's impersonation of Sir Rowland,

went off with Mirabell, one of her long time lovers before her marriage. This

Millamant as a reward for saving Lady Wishfort's fortunes. This play was

Wishfort, Millamant, and Mirabell. She writes a letter that reveals to Lady

interactions, both husband and wife go off with a lover, either past or present.

this way, undermining the efforts of Mirabell and Foible. Mrs. Marwoods

Wishfort extremely mad and so she desired to seek revenge on such a bold

audience. This seems to be a long and intricate plan with a lot of things

document that turns over all moneys to himself, signed and witnessed by

depending on the reactions of Lady Wishfort and the secrecy of the plot.<

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Approximate Word count = 831
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)