The Rivals

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Is The Rivals best characterized as a farce or a comedy?
The Rivals as an Exemplary Comedy of Manners
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The use of wit and satire to create humor in Sheridan's The Rivals
The anti-sentimental elements in The Rivals and its reaction against the sentimental novel
How does Lucy instigate conflict in The Rivals?
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Describe the setting of The Rivals.
How does the confusion over identities and multiple suitors in The Rivals lead to humorous situations?
What distinguishes artificial comedy from anti-sentimental comedy in The Rivals?
What are the key events in The Rivals?
Why isn't Lydia prepared to marry Jack in The Rivals?
Can you summarize the characters in The Rivals?
Discuss the balance of wit and sentimentality in Sheridan's The Rivals.
Provide three examples demonstrating Julia as a realist in The Rivals.
In The Rivals, why does Sheridan include an epilogue?
What does The Rivals suggest about marriage?
Why were the writings of 18th-century authors William Blake and Richard Sheridan very different?
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