The world in the play reflects Congreve’s own society and revolves around a witty young man, winning a lady and her fortune after overcoming the obstacles posed by hostile relations and other people. Both Mirabell and Millamant wish to marry each other and still enjoy the six thousand pounds inheritance that she will receive if she marries the suitor chosen by her aunt, Lady Wishfort. The plot is complicated by the ways of the …showed first 75 words of 1699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1699 total…Mrs. Fainall, “if our love had produced that consequence, of which you were apprehensive, where could you have fixed a father’s name with credit, but on a husband.” The phrase reflects the unpleasant and sordid facts of life in the social world, where individuals constantly engage in complicated intrigues, usually centering around money, depicting an artificial and narrow world people by characters of nobility and fashion to who manners are more important than morals.