Four English Comedies of the 17th and 18th Centuries notes

‘This pen | Did never aim to grieve, but better men’ (Ben Jonson). How far does your reading of comedy endorse this idea that its purpose is to improve (or, ‘better’) the audience? 3800 words Last document update:   ago

For the purpose of this essay I will analyse and evaluate in a detailed approach Volpone, The Rover by Aphra Behn and The County Wife by William Wycherley, in order to conclusively contest or confirm if my reading of comedy endorses the idea that its purpose is to improve or ‘better’ the audience.