Can l get the summary of the man of the mode?

Answer 1

=Dorimant, a fashionable man with a great deal of wit, is in the process of breaking off an affair with Mrs. Loveit at the request of his new love interest, Bellinda. However, when Belinda actually witnesses Dorimant's rough treatment of Mrs. Loveit during the breakup, she becomes frightened herself. Meanwhile Harriet, a young girl from the country with a great deal of wit, has been arranged to marry Young Bellair by her mother, though neither Harriet nor Bellair are excited about the match (Harriet has taking a liking to Dorimant and Bellair wants to marry a young woman named Emilia). Dorimant also takes a liking to Harriet, though his reputation has preceded him with Harriet's mother, Lady Woodvil, so he pretends to be a man named Courtage in order to ingratiate himself to Woodvil without her prejudices toward Dorimant's reputation. Still trying to break things off completely with Mrs. Loveit, Dorimant sends Sir Fopling Flutter-a ridiculous fop-to court her, determining to catch the two in the act and accuse Loveit of unfaithfulness. Loveit flirts with Fopling in order to arise Dorimant's jealousy, and Dorimant's plan succeeds. Meanwhile, Dorimant is still having an affair with Bellinda, and after a night-time rendezvous the coachman mistakenly takes Bellinda to Lady Loveit's house since, they are so used to taking Loveit home after similar amours, but Bellinda's quick wit saves her. Finally, Young Bellair secretly marries Emilia, Dorimant proposes to Harriet (his excuse to Mrs. Loveit is that he is attempting to improve his fortune) and the story ends happily for everyone but Mrs. Loveit. ==Comments:==Sir Fopling Flutter is a minor character who somehow manages to take over the whole play, which says a great deal about fops.==The truly fashionable do everything with ease; the ridiculous thing about Sir Fopling is that his effort is so apparent in everything he does. You can see real wit in operation in the exchanges between Harriet and Dorimant; notice, in particular, how adept they are at extending one another's metaphors (e.g. gambling and Lent in Act III, Scene III, and lines 75-110) and accommodating their language to the general flow of the conversation.==Emilia and Young Bellair are perfect compliments to one another: though they're both somewhat fashionable and educated, neither is a true wit.==Mrs. Loveit is not a wit because she never has control of the situation; when Dorimant confronts her, she rips up her fans, a sign of her lack of control over her own anger.=