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What is Fainall's main interest in The Way of the World?
What is Fainall's main interest in The Way of the World?
Who has made a bad marriage with Lady Wishfort's daughter in The Way of the World?
Who has made a bad marriage with Lady Wishfort's daughter in The Way of the World?
What is the nature of Mirabell and Millamant's relationship in The Way of the World?
What is the nature of Mirabell and Millamant's relationship in The Way of the World?
Study Notes
- The Way of the World features two couples: Mirabell and Millamant, and Fainall and Mrs Marwood.
- Fainall is a cynical opportunist interested in money and property.
- Fainall and Mrs Marwood's relationship is poisoned by mutual resentment and disappointment.
- Mirabell and Millamant appear to be made for each other and are independent and spiritually equal.
- Mirabell and Millamant are realists who know 'the way of the world'.
- Mirabell and Millamant's relationship may be a force for good.
- Most of the other characters come to help Mirabell and Millamant in the end.
- Fainall has made a bad marriage with Lady Wishfort's daughter.
- Lady Wishfort wishes to destroy Mirabell and Millamant's plans.
- Mrs Fainall, Mirabell's ex-lover, also helps Mirabell and Millamant in the end.
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Test your knowledge of "The Way of the World" with this quiz! Explore the complex relationships between Mirabell and Millamant, Fainall and Mrs Marwood, and Lady Wishfort and her daughter. Discover how the characters' desires for money, property, and love intersect in this classic play. See if you can navigate the twists and turns of the plot and identify the forces for good and evil. Take the quiz now and prove that you know "the way of the world"
