The Country Wife

main focuses in the comedy 'The Country Wife It can be argued Wycherley wants to show us that the attitudes towards marriage was wrong, in restoration England is was considered essential to be married, however, Wycherley may be exposing what marriage really is, a business transaction. Wycherley does offer some points which would lead us to believe that women and men do want to get married for love. Wycherley attacks marriage through most of the women characters, for example, when talking of Alithea’s engagement to Sparkish’s she says “I must marry him; my reputation would suffer” (act two, SC 1 lines 216) it would seem that Alithia only sees marriage as a status in order to keep her reputation or a business transaction, rather than for love. The use of “I must” suggests that from society she is pressured into marriage and it may be something that she does not want to do but feels she has a responsibility. Sparkish’s and Alithea’s relationship shows us that, instead of being…

William Wycherley’s, The Country Wife employs characters that challenge traditional gender norms and go against societal expectations to generate comic relief. His main character, Horner pretends to be sexually impotent, while the supposed innocent woman from the country, Margery Pinchwife is sexually precocious. Many of the women in this play are provocative and secretive, while many of the men are clueless and conceited cuckolds. Wycherley uses satiric reversal, humor, and the challenging of…

Deception and cuckoldry enable instability in the traditional home in Wycherley’s The Country Wife. He examines desire and how it affects every aspect of social life. It can cause adverse reactions such as paranoia, fear, jealousy, creativity, anger, deception, and idolatry. It is clear that through the idea of possession and desire, Wycherley exposes harmful gender roles, oppressive institutionalized practices, and the conflicting quality of competition. He depicts a gender war throughout his…

article of clothing and/or other objects that you use in your day to day life, and see that it is made in a country other than US? This is why the US is considered a lazy country to many other countries. We put every other country through the labor just so we can buy it for cheap and sell it for more on US territory, while the people who worked their behinds off get paid way lower than what we consider minimum wage. Throughout this essay, you will see just how much the flatware industry has…

Reflection Going into this tour, I’m pretty sure I was one of the few choir members who had actually stepped foot into Germany before, since I had traveled their once before with my mother and grandmother. When I had gone here before (in middle school), I had loved the country, and so even though we were only going to be in Germany for five days, I was most excited for this part of the trip. Since my original trip here was so long ago, I didn’t remember a whole lot of detail about the country.…

away. As he remained in charge, he became more convinced that he was the ultimate ruler. Again, if you did not agree with his views you were made to go away, whether it was an exile, prison, or death. Biological His father immigrated to this country, and he was born out of wedlock. This man was educated and had a degree to be a lawyer before he became interested in ruling this nation. He is recognized for establishing one of the world 's longest-running dictatorships, and he was a captivating…

In most third world countries they do not have as much freedom as we do in America, and they are limited to a lot of things such as work, education system, and dressing in some manner. In America we able to do all these things without punishment or restriction, but to an extent. The reason why is because we are allowed to dress in short dresses or wear hats but we are not allowed to walk out naked in public. Unless you’re on a private beach somewhere out in California. This is in a way harmful…

Americans are always trying to give back to their community, develop jobs, show patriotism, and grow the economy immensely. America was formed from the hardworking man. Giving foreign countries the jobs that the American people deserve is an abomination. As American people we need to show patriotism and give the country hope once again. Buying American goods over mediocre foreign products is essential for the American society to continue to thrive. Giving back to the country that was built off…

president of the United States you will be held to a high standard and you must work hard to fulfill your expectations of an efficient, powerful, yet kind President. To become the leader this Country is in dire need of you must look to the past and learn from the mistakes and accomplishments of past Presidents and prominent leaders. But first, you must look within yourself and become advertently aware of your morals and values. What do you consider to be effective and ineffective ways of…

around the world nearly on a daily basis. Many countries are able to manage these issues themselves, and are fully capable of maintaining justice throughout their respective nation. Many countries are also not able to manage these issues themselves, and struggle to maintain justice throughout their respective nation. The struggle of not being able to assist one’s own country leaves a very large negative impact among the country, and leaves them wondering what options they have to improve the…