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The Rivals Character Analysis

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The Rivals is a comedy of manners that takes place in Bath during the eighteenth century. It takes focus on two young lovers Lydia and Jack. Lydia Languish is a young, beautiful, very wealthy girl. Jack who is known to Lydia as Beverley has fallen in love with her, as well as she fallen in love with him. Although they have fallen in love with each other, Lydia’s aunt Mrs. Malaprop has objected on their love thinking this boy is a penniless young ensign and raises serious objections based on their class differences. Mrs. Malaprop who is the chief comic figure in this play has another buy in store for Lydia. Mrs. Malaprop and Sir Anthony have arranged a marriage for Lydia and his son Captain Jack Absolute. As Sir Anthony arrives and tells Jack …show more content…

Artifice is the act of appearing genuine and innocent while actually only looking out for your own selfish interests at other’s expense. Lucy lies about the author of the love letter to Sir luscious stating it was Lydia, when it was actually Mrs. Malaprop. David acts a con to make himself appear more socially acceptable than he really is; Jack impersonated Beverly the ensign. Jack asks Fag to lie; Fag lies to Sir Anthony and Faulkland lies to Julia. Another prominent theme is the opposition between courtship and falling in love. Back in the eighteenth century young lovers were arranged based by their social class. Marriage was often forced, as we see in The Rivals, Lydia is forced to marry a well-suited boy who fits her own social class, while the boy she loves is looked down upon for being penniless. Meanwhile they are the same boy. The different dialogues show diverse types of language spoken. The language of sentiment is shown within Lydia and Faukland. Lydia loves to read her romantic novels, and falls in love no matter the social class. Faukland is in love with Julia, and yet is too hung up with the jealousy. They both use the language of love. The play is filled with artful use of language, which makes it delightful to

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