e One of the main satires of the time criticised Catholicism

Women were allowed to act in theatres during the Restoration

William Congreve’s dramas focus on representing the values of the time

At the centre of The Way of the World are the parallel stories of two couples: Mirabell and Millamant and Fainall and Mrs Marwood

Congreve uses these two couples to contrast different possible forms of human relationship.

In terms of its language and style, Congreve’s work is detached from the spirit of the Restoration.

The Way of the World is written in a very serious style.

Many of the names of the characters are symbolic of their personality.

A refined new fashion was introduced among the English upper classes by the …

Restoration plays were written for the people

John Wilmot was influenced by Locke

Theatre were reopened in 1600

The Comedy of Manners depicted the mannerisms and hypocrisy of contemporary lower-classsociety and made fun of its obsession with social position, work and exploitation.

With the return of Charles II, theatres were opened again and the old Shakespearean plays were performed again with no adaptations.

Thomas Hobbes’s great work The Leviathan was written in....

Essay Concerning Human Understanding was written in ....

Congreve was borni in

Cngreve wrote The way of the World in ...

The plot of The Way of the World is very simple

For Hobbes the best form of government was

For Locke all knowledge is acquire through...

For Hobbes imagination was very important in human life

In Annus Mirabilis John Dryden described the Great Plague

The Restoration theatre wasn't lighter than the Renaissance one

The Comedy of Manners described the way of life of...

Poetry was seen as a means to express reason during the Restoration