Section B: NON – AFRICAN DRAMA
OLIVER GOLDSMITH – SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
What makes Mr. Hardcastle a humorous character?
Explanation
The required answers should include:
i. Mr Hardcastle as the owner of an old country mansion and his love of the countryside and old things.
ii. His sense of humour and teasing of/his relationship with his wife.
iii. His tolerance of his treatment by Tony Lumpkin, Young Marlow and Hastings.
iv. Qualities that qualify him as humorous.