What is the summary on the novel 'the way of the world'?
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The Way of the World, comedy of manners in five acts by William Congreve, performed and published in 1700. The play, which is considered Congreve’s masterpiece, 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 for their marriage. Despite a scheme that goes awry and after several misunderstandings and other complications are cleared up, the two finally obtain her consent.
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Way of the World is a comedy about deception, greed, and love. The play opens with a scene of two fashionable young men, Mirabell and Fainall, playing cards at a chocolate house. Mirabell is distracted, waiting for a particular bride and groom to return. As the play progresses, it is revealed that Mirabell loves Millamant, the debutante niece of the aristocratic and eccentric Lady Wishfort. Lady Wishfort controls Millamant's fortune and will not hand it over until Millamant has married a man Lady Wishfort approves of. In his eagerness to impress Lady Wishfort and earn her approval, Mirabell became overly flirtatious, leading Lady Wishfort to think he desired her, despite her age, instead of Millamant. When the truth was revealed, Lady Wishfort felt so embarrassed she refused to agree to Mirabell's engagement to Millamant. Now, Mirabell has hatched a plot to force Lady Wishfort to agree to the engagement.
Plots and Counterplots
Mirabell's plan is to put his valet, Waitwell, in costume and pretend he is Sir Rowland, Mirabell's wealthy uncle. As Sir Rowland, Waitwell will woo Lady Wishfort and propose to her. Before the actual wedding, however, Mirabell will reveal the truth and promise not to humiliate Lady Wishfort by making the facts public if she agrees to his engagement to Millamant. To prevent Waitwell from double-crossing him and actually going through with the marriage, Mirabell arranges for him to marry Foible, Lady Wishfort's maid, beforehand. This is the happy couple Mirabell awaits on the day he plays cards with Fainall.
At the same time, Fainall, who is married to Lady Wishfort's daughter, is having an affair with Mrs. Marwood, Lady Wishfort's friend. They hatch their own plot to reveal Mirabell's plan and secure the inheritance money for themselves. The key detail of this plan is the information that while she was widowed and before she married Fainall, Mrs. Fainall had a romantic fling with Mirabell. Fainall believes this information would ruin Mrs. Fainall's—and by extension Lady Wishfort's—reputation, so he plans to blackmail Lady Wishfort. Their conversation further reveals that Mirabell chose Fainall to marry Lady Wishfort's daughter to protect her should she become pregnant from their romantic affair. Even after their affair ended and the Fainalls were married, Mrs. Fainall and Mirabell remain close friends, which is unusual since she is married to someone else.
Proposals and Revelations
That afternoon, Mirabell visits Millamant and proposes to her. She accepts, despite the fact that Lady Wishfort has arranged for her to marry her cousin, the drunken country bumpkin Sir Wilfull. "Sir Rowland" arrives, and although she had originally planned to welcome Sir Rowland as a suitor for her niece, Lady Wishfort basically throws herself at him once he shows the slightest interest. (Remember: Sir Rowland is actually Waitwell and has been put up to flirting with Lady Wishfort at Mirabell's request.) After overhearing the truth of Mirabell's plot while hiding in the closet and spying on Mrs. Fainall, Mrs. Marwood and Fainall set off to reveal the truth, humiliating everyone. At first, it seems their plan will work. Fainall reveals Sir Rowland's true identity, mortifying Lady Wishfort. Fainall also reveals the truth about Mrs. Fainall's previous romance with Mirabell, promising to divorce his wife and soil the family reputation unless Lady Wishfort transfers over her wealth, her daughter's fortune, and Millamant's inheritance to him.
More Plots and Revelations
While Lady Wishfort considers her options, Millamant secretly agrees to marry Sir Wilfull to save her inheritance. Mirabell plots a new way to win Millamant, which he reveals with the help of Foible and Mincing, two maids who witnessed Fainall and Mrs. Marwood's affair. When Fainall returns to demand Lady Wishfort's agreement to his terms, Millamant and Sir Wilfull reveal their engagement. The maids also reveal Fainall and Mrs. Marwood's affair. Lady Wishfort and Mrs. Fainall kick the villains out of their house, and Lady Wishfort agrees to break the engagement between Millamant and Sir Wilfull so Millamant can marry Mirabell.
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