ASSIGNMENT ON ANALYSIS OF COMIC SCENE 17 CENTURY PROSE AND DRAMA

Date of Submission: 16, April 2012

STAMFORD UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH

PREPARED FOR: SABRINA MOHSIN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

PREPARED BY: ROKEYA AFSER ID: 04506294 SEC: B DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Witwoud: Afford me your compassion, my dear,.pity me. Mirabell: I do Witwould: No letters.. Bet: Did not a messenger bring you one but now...sir? Witwould: Thats hard, thats very hard,tis as sure a forerunner of the author, as an epistle dedicatory. Mirabell: A fool, and your brother.. Witwoud: Good, good Mirabellle drole! Good good, I dont know what I say but shes the best woman in the world. This scene is taken from act 1. Here main witwoud talk about his step brother. Here he was directly insulting his brother. Whom he didnt like. Event dont tolerate. He said that his brother is like fool and also said that he is his half brother. He dont want to talk about him. Thats why he tried to avoid this tropic and suddenly he asked fainall that how is his wife? And said that he would say anything in the world to drive out the thought of his brother wilfull from his mind. And he said that he beg pardon that he should ask a man of pleasure a question so foreign as well as so domestic. From this act we get to know that he talk about his brotherhood. Whom he didnt like. This character is reflected about brotherhood. BETTY: They are gone, sir, in great anger. Petulant: Enoughlet trundle, Anger helps complexion, saves paint. This scene also taken from act 1. In this act petulant was taking about the ladies, whom was raxalanas they wanted to meet petulant but he did not meet. Whenever betty com and told him that they getting angry with him. He told that thats good for their face, it can help them to change their face colour and they dont need any make-up for their face. it will save their money. Here petulant pretending like cruel attitude. Mrs.marwood: My obligations to my lady urged me, I had professed a friendship to her, and could not see her easy nature so abusedby that dissembler. Mr.Fainall: What, was, professed a friendship! O the pious friendships of the female sex.

Mrs marwood: More tenderto ane another. Mr.fainall: haha.you are my wife friend too. This scene taken from act 2: in this act fainall and marwood was talking about lady wishfort. Mr.fainall asked marwood that what was her motive in exposing his pretended love for lady wishfort? She revealed the truth to lady wishfort but she have now become a hurdle in the way of his marrying millamant. And marwood said that she was very obliged to this lady and she had vowed her friendship. Here mainly exposed the friendship of lady wishfort and marwoods, here marwood tried to expose her sympathy but fainall actually pinched her again and again. Mrs.fainall: Well, I have an opinion of your successto anything to get rid of him. Mirabell: Yes, I think the good lady would marry anything that resembled a man, though twere no more than what a butler could pinch of napkin This scene also taken from act 1.Here we see Mirabell and mrs.fainalls conversation about lady wishfort. Here mirabell talking about her plan that how he will blackmail lady wisfort in his trick. Here reflected mirabells character that how much intelligencehe was.

Mirabell: Come sir, will you endeavourfrom into sir Rowland? Waitwell: Why, sir it will be impossible. I should remember myself married, knighted and attended all in one day..I remember me, I am married and cant be my own man again. Ay theres my grief, thats the sad change of life; To lose my title and yet keep my wife. This scene taken from act 3. Here we get a conversation between Mirabell and waitwell. Here mirabell said waitwell that he must try to forget that you are waitwell and change yourself in to Mr.Rowland. And waiwell replaid that it will be impossible for him to remember himself. He has got married, received a knighthood and provided with servent. The more difficult task will be revert to my former self. From this whole conversation the main thing is about Waitwell that in this scene his character mainly reflected his realization about his position. Millamant: You have put down very hateful conditions. Do you think that I would ever go.in a mask?

Mirabell: My next conditionIn other words, I would not like you to have any dealings with cosmeticthe next condition is that the doors of my house shall be closed to all those pimps who comes selling muslin, fans, china This scene is taken from act 4. Where we see their condition. This condition helps them to know each other very well from before. This condition reflected their understanding about each other.