Marriage à la Mode (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dryden
- First Published: 1673
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Sicily
- Genres: Drama, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Beauty, Seventeenth century, Tragedy, Heroes or heroism, Italy or Italians, Royal courts or courtiers, Throne restoration
- Locales: Sicily, Italy
Characters Discussed
Palamede (pah-lah-MEH-dee), a courtier. Ordered by his father to marry Melantha, he becomes attracted to and declares his love for Rhodophil’s wife, Doralice. Later, when Doralice becomes reconciled with her husband, Palamede woos Melantha, and they agree to marry.
Rhodophil (ROH-doh-fihl), the captain of the King’s Guard. Married to Doralice, he desires Melantha. When Palamede’s father insists that his son marry Melantha at once, Rhodophil and Doralice are reconciled, and each man pledges to respect the other’s wife.
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