The traetment of classes in She stoops to conquer

The treatment of social classes in: She stoop to conquer by Oliver Goldsmith The social class theme is central. The decisions the characters make and how they see one another, are all largely based on what class they belong to. From the very beginning the author shows, a very class-conscious Mrs. Hardcastle. In act 1 she says to her husband â€Å"†¦I vow, Mr. Hardcastle, you re very particular. Is there a creature in the whole country but ourselves, that does not take a trip to town now and then, to rub off the rust a little?† (Goldsmith, 1773). She seems unsatisfied with her simple and appeasable life in the country. In the opposite side there is Mr. Hardcastle who strongly criticizes the snobbery of the average Londoner†¦show more content†¦Pray how do you like this head, Mr. Hastings? (Oliver Goldsmith, 1773, p 24) In the act 3 we found an exchange between Miss Hardcastle and his father regarding to Mr Marlow. Marlow treat them completely different because consider Mr Hardcastle a low class innkeeper and Kate a proper lady HARDCASTLE. I was never so surprised in my life! He has quite confounded all my faculties! MISS HARDCASTLE. I never saw anything like it: and a man of the world too! HARDCASTLE. Ay, he learned it all abroad--what a fool was I, to think a young man could learn modesty by travelling. He might as soon learn wit at a masquerade. MISS HARDCASTLE. It seems all natural to him. HARDCASTLE. A good deal assisted by bad company and a French dancing-master. MISS HARDCASTLE. Sure you mistake, papa! A French dancing-master could never have taught him that timid look--that awkward address--that bashful manner-- HARDCASTLE. Whose look? whose manner, child? MISS HARDCASTLE. Mr. Marlow s: his mauvaise honte, his timidity, struck me at the first sight. HARDCASTLE. Then your first sight deceived you; for I think him one of the most brazen first sights that ever astonished my senses. (Oliver Goldsmith, 1773, p 28) Finally the last example of the treatment of the social classes is shown by the heroine Miss Hardcastle when she stoops to conquer Marlow’s Heart. A deception that