... of the gentry in his song at the alehouse. An example from the song is, "Let school masters puzzle their brain". This use of satire adds to the humour of the play. Goldsmith's use of comedy of manners revolves mostly around Richard Marlow, who is the object of this type of humour. An example of this type of humour is where Marlow will not ask for directions on the way for fear of 'an unmannerly answer'. It is also Marlow's 'manners' taken to ludicrous extreme that makes for his total awkwardness and inability to relate to women of social standing. An example of his inability is in Act 2, where he was unable to look Kate in her eye, "Pardon me, madam, I-I-I-as yet have studied-only-to-deserve them." Marlow is also portrayed through the comedy of situation. In act 1, Marlow is duped into arrogantly treating the Hardcastle home as ...

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