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What is Sheridan's message in the play's final scene?

In the play's epilogue, Sheridan urges the audience a final time to see this play not as simple entertainment, but rather as a harsh criticism of any who engage in gossip—both its creation and its transmission.

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What is the significance of the auction scene in the play School for Scandal by R. B. Sheridan?

In the auction scene, Sir Oliver becomes aware of Charles' betrayal, something for which he will never forgive him.

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What is an example of metaphor in School for Scandal?

"a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin" (p.32) (Metaphor)

In this quote, Benjamin Backbite describes the way his writing will look when published, in an attempt to woo Maria. As a poet, he uses figurative, lyrical...

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