Which of the following statements is true of The Way of the World?

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UGC NET Paper 2: English 22nd Dec 2018

The Way of the World presents a heroine pretending to love an older man.
The Way of the World was performed and published in 1702.
The Way of the World failed on stage.
Millamant and Mirabell fail to obtain the consent of Millamant's aunt for their marriage.

Answer 1

The correct answer is ‘The Way of the World failed on stage’.

Key Points

The Way of the World is a restoration play written by William Congreve.
The play was performed in the early March 1700.
Mirabell and Millamant are two lovers in the play, who need the blessings of Millamant’s aunt in order to marry.
At the end of the play, the lovers get the Aunt’s blessings.
However, the play was ill-received when it premiered.
It was considered to be propagating and continuing the immorality of the earlier decades of the theatre.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.