In the epilogue to Congreve’s Way of the World there is a warning : Others there are whose malice we’d…
Critics should not look for portrait of real people in the play’s characters and remember that the play is a social satire states the distinction made in the epilogue. It…
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In the epilogue to Congreve’s Way of the World there is a warning :
Others there are whose malice we’d prevent,
Such, who watch plays, with scurrilous intent
To mark out who by characters are meant.
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These, with false glosses feed their own ill - nature,
And turn to libel, what was meant a satire.
What does this warning mean ?
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Critics should not look for portrait of real people in the play’s characters and remember that the play is a social satire states the distinction made in the epilogue. It rejects malicious personal identifications, not merely negative reviews or criticism in general.
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