Jenica Henry Honors English22-001 Dr. Ross Wheeler Paper1 Draft 1 The
             Way of the World is a comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve.
             Performed and published in 1700 the play ridicules the assumptions that
             governed the society of his time, especially those concerning love and
             marriage. The plot concerns the efforts of the lovers Millamant and Mirabell
             to obtain the permission of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort, for their
             marriage. Despite a scheme that goes wrong and after several
             misunderstandings are cleared up, the two finally obtain her consent. This
             essay will discuss the actions of Mrs. Marwood. Though she is a minor
             character, her motives in the play lead her to help in the distruction of
             Mirabell's scheme. In the second act we find that Mrs. Fainall and Mrs.
             Marwood both hate men. As they begin to conspire, we see Marwood's
             manipulative abilities going to work, convincing Mrs. Fainall that she should
             divorce her husband. In Public the Fainall's seem to get along, they even
             seem to be able to tolerate one another. However, following their short
             interactions, both husband and wife go off with a lover, either past or present.
             Fainall went off with Mrs. Marwood, the woman he loves, and Mrs. Fainall
             went off with Mirabell, one of her long time lovers before her marriage. This
             pairing off did not truly bother either of the Fainall's in that since niether loved
             the other, they did not feel loyal to each other. Their marrage was based
             solely on image and in no way love. Therefore they did not fe...