Question

What type of society does Comedy of Manners typically portray?

• A. The burgeoning middle class
• B. Sophisticated urban upper class
• C. Rural aristocratic families
• D. The struggling working class in industrial towns

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Sophisticated urban upper class

• Characters belong to London’s fashionable elite.

• Plots revolve around romantic intrigue, gossip, and deception.

• Manners and etiquette are exaggerated and critiqued.