This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. Hardcastle: And I love every thing that's old old friends, old times, old manners, old b...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2002 Subject: Literature In English

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This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

Hardcastle:

And I love every thing that's old old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and I believe, Dorothy (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.

Mrs. Hardcastle,

You're forever at your Dorothy's, and your old wife's. You may be a Darby, but l'll be no Joan, I promise you I am not so old as you'd make me, by more than one good year.

The dialogue above reveals the couple's

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The dialogue above reveals the couple's difference in lifestyle. Hardcastle is portrayed as someone who cherishes old things, including his old wife, while Mrs. Hardcastle is portrayed as someone who is not interested in being labeled old, suggesting a preference for youthfulness and modernity.
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