Examples of 'comedy of manners' in a sentence

Meaning of "comedy of manners"

comedy of manners: This phrase refers to a type of comedy that satirizes the behavior and social conventions of a particular social group, often highlighting the absurdity or hypocrisy of societal norms
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  • A comic work that satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters.

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comedy of manners
It is both a comedy of manners and a comedy of errors.
It is comparable to situation comedy and comedy of manners.
The comedy of manners develops social conscience.
Ladies and gentlemen we are proud to present a comedy of manners with a moral.
The comedy of manners deveLopes social conscience.
Amoureux fou is a Québécois comedy of manners with a fine cast.
A comedy of manners with tragic undertones.
Perhaps a comedy of manners.
Comedy of manners.
The television program Absolutely Fabulous is another contemporary example of the comedy of manners.
Comedy of manners is used as a synonym of Restoration comedy.
He made another considerable contribution to the comedy of manners in The City Madam.
A comedy of manners by Claude Guilmain.
Austen introduced a different style of writing - the comedy of manners.
It 's called the grand lever, a comedy of manners with tragic undertones.

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He wanted to show the whole picture of a society, its comedy of manners.
It's called the grand lever, a comedy of manners with… tragic undertones.
The Fox and the Lion is one of Aesop 's Fables and represents a comedy of manners.
LOUIS - A comedy of manners … without the manners.
The Contrast was a five-act comedy of manners.
Sheridan premiered his own comedy of manners The School for Scandal in 1777.
For example, the English musicologist Donald Tovey has called this work " a comedy of manners.
What's Toto have to do with Wichenstein? The comedy of manners deveLopes social conscience.
He penned The Blue Mansion, a satirical comedy of manners.
This novel is surprisingly frank about the subject, especially for a comedy of manners published in 1958.

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