The traetment of classes in She stoops to conquer
The treatment of social classes in:
She stoop to conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
The social class theme is central. The decisions the characters make and how they see one another, are all largely based on what class they belong to.
From the very beginning the author shows, a very class-conscious Mrs. Hardcastle. In act 1 she says to her husband “…I vow, Mr. Hardcastle, you 're very particular. Is there a creature in the whole country but ourselves, that does not take a trip to town now and then, to rub off the rust a little?” (Goldsmith, 1773). She seems unsatisfied with her simple and appeasable life in the country. In the opposite side there is Mr. Hardcastle who strongly criticizes the snobbery of the average Londoner “What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee, girl! I could never teach the fools of this age, that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.” (Goldsmith, 1773).
Tony Lumpkin is loveable character who dislikes the dictatorship of social class. He prefers drinking at the alehouse with his lowlife friends and prefers Bet Bouncer, the barmaid, to Constance Neville. He states in the play " Ecod, and when I 'm of age, I 'll be no bastard, I promise you. I have been thinking of Bet Bouncer and the miller 's grey mare to begin with " (Goldsmith, 1773).Also he despises Constance He would do anything to escape the arranged marriage and actually he does. Tony loves low class characters in the Three Pigeons Marlow on the other hand must hide his love to low class character.
The people who are pranked and ridicule are Mr. Marlow and Hastings two Londoner upper-class stereotypes apart from Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle, we can see with this Goldsmith’s bias to the lower classes
Although Mr. Hardcastle is not the most discriminating character, he is upper class. So he lectures Diggory on how to behave in front of the distinguish guests “You must not be so talkative, Diggory. You must be all attention to
She stoop to conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
The social class theme is central. The decisions the characters make and how they see one another, are all largely based on what class they belong to.
From the very beginning the author shows, a very class-conscious Mrs. Hardcastle. In act 1 she says to her husband “…I vow, Mr. Hardcastle, you 're very particular. Is there a creature in the whole country but ourselves, that does not take a trip to town now and then, to rub off the rust a little?” (Goldsmith, 1773). She seems unsatisfied with her simple and appeasable life in the country. In the opposite side there is Mr. Hardcastle who strongly criticizes the snobbery of the average Londoner “What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee, girl! I could never teach the fools of this age, that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.” (Goldsmith, 1773).
Tony Lumpkin is loveable character who dislikes the dictatorship of social class. He prefers drinking at the alehouse with his lowlife friends and prefers Bet Bouncer, the barmaid, to Constance Neville. He states in the play " Ecod, and when I 'm of age, I 'll be no bastard, I promise you. I have been thinking of Bet Bouncer and the miller 's grey mare to begin with " (Goldsmith, 1773).Also he despises Constance He would do anything to escape the arranged marriage and actually he does. Tony loves low class characters in the Three Pigeons Marlow on the other hand must hide his love to low class character.
The people who are pranked and ridicule are Mr. Marlow and Hastings two Londoner upper-class stereotypes apart from Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle, we can see with this Goldsmith’s bias to the lower classes
Although Mr. Hardcastle is not the most discriminating character, he is upper class. So he lectures Diggory on how to behave in front of the distinguish guests “You must not be so talkative, Diggory. You must be all attention to