Comedy of Manners

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                                    Comedy of Manners

Comedy of Manners:-  is form of dramatic comedy that depicts and often satirizes the manners and affections of a contemporary society.
A comedy of manner is concerned with the social usage and the question of whether or not characters meet certain social standards. Often the governing social standard is morally trivial but exacting. The plot of such a comedy, usually concerned with an illicit love affair or similarly scandalous matter, is subordinate to the play’s brittle atmosphere. The comedy of manners, Which was usually written by sophisticated authors for members of their own coterie or social class, has historically thrived in periods and societies that combined material prosperity and moral latitude.
Such was the case in ancient Greece when Menander inaugurated new comedy, the forerunner of comedy of manners. Menander’s smooth style, elaborate plots, and stock characters were imitated by the Roman poets Plautus and Terence, whose comedies were widely known and copied during the Renaissance. One of the greatest exponents of the comedy of manners was Moliere, who satirized the hypocrisy and pretension of 17th century French society.

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