The Double-Dealer (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Congreve
- First Published: 1694
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Wives, Suicide, Seventeenth century, Revenge, London, Servants, Old age or elderly people, Puritans or Puritanism
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Jack Maskwell, the double-dealer, whose villainy can be admired only because of its audacity. A pensioner of Lord Touchwood, he plots to become his benefactor’s heir and marry an heiress. Toward this end, he pretends to be a friend of Mellefont, Lord Touchwood’s nephew and heir. He also becomes Lady Touchwood’s lover, both for his sensual delight and for an opportunity to put her in a position where she will be a willing tool against the innocent Mellefont. All of Maskwell’s evil machinations appear to be so well planned as to bear fruit, but his...
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