Character of Mrs Malaprop/ Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’: Mrs Malaprop/ Malaprop: an enjoyable character altogether/ Mrs Malaprop in ‘The Rivals’/ Malpropism: a brief idea with reference to Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’/ What is ‘Malapropism’? Elucidate with reference to ‘The Rivals’. / The character of Malaprop in Sheridan’s play ‘The Rivals’.
Character of Mrs Malaprop in a nutshell Or Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’: Mrs Malaprop Or Malaprop: an enjoyable character altogether Or Mrs Malaprop in ‘The Rivals’ Or Malapropism: a brief idea with reference to Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’ Or What is ‘Malapropism’? Elucidate with reference to ‘The Rivals’. Or The immortal character of Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan’s play ‘The Rivals’. In The Rivals , a five-act Restoration Comedy of Manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, we come across the conspicuous character of Mrs Malaprop. As we analyse the name of the lady, we come to discern that the very word of her name is derived from French. That is to say, mal a propos , a French expression, when translated into English, means ‘inappropriate’. Hence, it is quite evident that the very name of the female character in Sheridan’s play makes a lot of sense in this regard. Immortal with her eminence, Mrs. Malaprop likes utilizing all kinds of bombastic words and expressions in...