Genres of Comedy

In the Comedy of Manner genre, what does the plot focus on in the comedy of manners?

• Intrigues among the upper classes

• Intrigues among the manners and conventions of an artificial

• Intrigues among a highly sophisticated society

• What does plot mean?

What does the dialogue focus on in the Comedy of Manners genre?

• Sophisticated language

• Language

• Witty language

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Whose theories challenged people's belief in the literal truth of the bible during the Victorian age?

• He who shall not be named

• Charles Darwin

• John Dalton

• Satan

What did the middle/upper-class Victorians turn towards to ease their fears and feelings of guilt about the injustices inherent in the British class system?

• Engineering

• Psychology

• Streaming

• Philanthropy

True or False: The Victorian age saw the birth of modern psychology and psychoanalysis?

• True

• False

• I have no recollection

• ok

Where did the Comedy of Manners literary genre become popular during the Restoration period?

• 'Merica

• Greece

• England

• France

What century did the Comedy of Manners genre become popular

• 17th Century

• 21st Century

• 19th Century

• It was never popular and still isnt

What does Comedies of Manners frequently incorporate?

• Love affairs

• Witty and comical exchanges between characters

• wHaT iS cOmEdY

• Humorous revelation of societal scandals and intrigues

Which book is a fine example of the Comedy of Manners genre

• The Giving Tree

• The Importance of Being Earnest

• The Hunger Games

• The Magic Tree House: Christmas in Camelot

Why is The Importance of Being Earnest considered significant forerunner of the Theater of Absurd?

• Is focus on triviality, ambiguity, and absurd situations

• The way it was written

• Excessive use of Irony

• Read the summary and then I went outside