The "thinkers" of our society have always been criticized of reacting in extreme ways, and "during the ... Age of Reason (generally considered from 1650-1850), the literary genre known as the comedy of manners attempted to combat such pernicious either-or ways of thinking. As a form of satire, the comedy of manners ridiculed human vices with the aim of producing an improvement in [behavior]" (Maas). The most important functions in society are thought to be religion and government, and such foundations were completely corrupted and disoriented as early as the late 1600s in England. During…
