Lady Wishfort
Lady Wishfort is one of the dominating
characters in “The way of the world” by William congreve. Though lady wishfort
is a woman of fifty, she is pure. She makes love with Mirabell like her son as
a means of winnin the heart of her niece, Mrs. Millamant. The deformities of
lady Wishfort’s character are drawn vividly in this play and they also provide
us with a lot of comedy. Lady Wishfort is an aristrocrat. She is the mother of
Mrs. Fainal who is one of the dominating character in this play but worshippers
of cosmetics. Lady wishfort is extremely fashionable lady. she wants to make
herself attractive. Lady Wishfort is an intriguer.she is dettermined to arrange
the marriage between Mrs. Millamant and Sir Rowland.she wants to do this with a
view to revenge upon Mirabell. Because she thinks Mirabell loved her and
promised to marry.she was ready to do everything for her love for Mirabell. Her
infatuation was so intense that she could go to bed with Mirabell. But Mrabell
deceived her. so in order to take revenge , Lady Wishfort tries to arrange such
marriage. But she was frustated when Mr Marwood reveals the real identity of
Rowland. So sh makes another plan to give mirabell a good lession. she declares
that she will arrange the marriage between Wilfull Witchwood and Mrs millamant.
To sum up we can say that Lady Wishfort is an interesting
character in the play.
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