She Stoops to Conquer

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   linda-allen Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

   She Stoops to Conquer is both farcical and an example of a "comedy of manners." Farce is defined as "boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue which is intended to excite laughter through exaggeration and extravagance rather than by a realistic imitation of life." A comedy of manners pokes fun at "the manners and conventions of aristocratic, sophisticated society."

    

   
    

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   Posted by linda-allen on Thursday February 28, 2008 at 12:35 AM
   
   

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