Posted by steff on May 16, 192003 at 13:04:26:

In Reply to: Act II scene ii : the use of her letters posted by Craa1g on March 02, 192003 at 03:01:53:

: I am new to this site, M. Congreve , The Way of the World and many other things, though I find myself senior in many as well. I have been pressed into playing Witwoud in a local production and find myself bemused by the byplay in II,ii between Millamant, Mincing and Witwoud concerning pinning up her hair with letters. Is this just foolishness, or am I missing some double-entendre or other meaning?

hello, firstly thought you ahould know that there are only 5 acts each with only one scene ao if your scripts are from the net you will find that they imply that each act has more than one scene, this is not the case and the structure of the play is very important to the meaning. Now to the hair pinning.
The point is that millamants name means "a thousand lovers" she has so many love letters that she can curl her hair with them (they didnt have hair curlers etc in those days)she points out that she uses only poetry to pin her hair, not prose (this plays on the idea that the rythmic structure of poetry helps to curl the hair whilst using the straight structure of prose is no good for hairstyling. Remember that Millamant is one of the highest wits in the play and Witwould is as pointed out in the underlying meaning of his enrolement to the cabal nights only half a man. hope this helps

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