You should support all of your answers with evidence from the text.
Map out the various relationships among the main characters.
How is The Way of the World an example of a “comedy of manners”?
What conceptions of love, marriage, courtship, and sex are presented by this play? How do they differ from the discussion of these things in our previous class meeting?
The major characters in The Way of the World are driven by particular passions. Identify which passions drive which characters.
Who is the most admirable character in the play? Who is the least admirable?
What is the object of satire in this play? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Is Miss Millamant’s money important to Mirabell? Why or why not?
Is the plot of The Way of the World too complicated? If you answer yes, explain how you would simplify it?
How would you describe the relationship between Millamant and Mirabell? How is it different than the other paired relationships in the play? How does it compare to the ways we usually think about romantic relationships
How would you compare Mirabell to Fainall? How would you compare Millamant to Mrs. Fainall?
What do you think of the way the play depicts the relationships between servants and their employers?
What picture of marriage does this play paint?