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Scene in which the witty couple of a [[Restoration comedy]] (usually a witty, but virtuous lady and a [[rake]]) agree on conditions for their marriage. These conditions usually comprise the demand that the rake give up his promiscuous and irresponsible ways and thus show a tendency towards a more | Scene in which the witty couple of a [[Restoration comedy]] (usually a witty, but virtuous lady and a [[rake]]) agree on conditions for their marriage. These conditions usually comprise the demand that the rake give up his promiscuous and irresponsible ways and thus show a tendency towards a more equal relationship of the genders. ''Proviso scenes'' were typically used in Restoration comedy after 1690. They were influenced by [[Locke]]’s contract theory model (contracts between equals) and reflect a shift in cultural values and society, as well as an orientation on a mainly middle class audience and females. | ||
An especially famous example of a proviso scene is the debate between the witty couple Mirabell and Millamant in William Congreve’s [[''The Way of The World'']] (1700). | An especially famous example of a proviso scene is the debate between the witty couple Mirabell and Millamant in William Congreve’s [[''The Way of The World'']] (1700). | ||
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Pankratz, Annette. “Restoration Comedy : Theatre and Drama”. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. 14 July 2009. | Pankratz, Annette. “Restoration Comedy : Theatre and Drama”. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. 14 July 2009. | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_literature.22 July 2009. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_literature.]22 July 2009. | ||
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Scene in which the witty couple of a Restoration comedy (usually a witty, but virtuous lady and a rake) agree on conditions for their marriage. These conditions usually comprise the demand that the rake give up his promiscuous and irresponsible ways and thus show a tendency towards a more equal relationship of the genders. Proviso scenes were typically used in Restoration comedy after 1690. They were influenced by Locke’s contract theory model (contracts between equals) and reflect a shift in cultural values and society, as well as an orientation on a mainly middle class audience and females.
An especially famous example of a proviso scene is the debate between the witty couple Mirabell and Millamant in William Congreve’s ''The Way of The World'' (1700).
Sources
Pankratz, Annette. “Restoration Comedy : Theatre and Drama”. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. 14 July 2009.
[1]22 July 2009.