The Misanthrope | Style
Comedy of Manners
The term comedy of manners refers to a play that focuses on satirizing social customs and rules of etiquette among an elite class of the time period and society in which it is written. The comedy of manners is characterized by witty dialogue and a farcical plot revolving around scandalous love affairs with a cast of characters who are generally hypocritical and insincere and concerned with trivial matters of social conduct. Moliere brought the comedy of manners to new heights of sophistication, which inspired playwrights of the English Restoration,...
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