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Dramatic Irony
Act 2, Scene 3
Explanation and Analysis—Joseph and Charles:
Joseph and Charles Surface are foils for one another. The two brothers are juxtaposed directly multiple times throughout The School for Scandal. Joseph’s upright and morally respectable reputation is consistently brought up in reference to Charles’s good-for-nothing spendthrift behavior, as in Act 2, Scene 3, when Sir Peter laments Charles’s lack of potential:
Wild!—Ah! my old friend, I grieve for your disappointment there; [Charles is] a lost young man, indeed. However, his brother will make you amends; Joseph is, indeed, what a youth should be. Everybody in the world speaks well of him.
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Act 4, Scene 2
Explanation and Analysis—Joseph and Charles:
Joseph and Charles Surface are foils for one another. The two brothers are juxtaposed directly multiple times throughout The School for Scandal. Joseph’s upright and morally respectable reputation is consistently brought up in reference to Charles’s good-for-nothing spendthrift behavior, as in Act 2, Scene 3, when Sir Peter laments Charles’s lack of potential:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Wild!—Ah! my old friend, I grieve for your disappointment there; [Charles is] a lost young man, indeed. However, his brother will make you amends; Joseph is, indeed, what a youth should be. Everybody in the world speaks well of him.
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