# Wit and Humor vs. Sentiment in She Stoops to Conquer

> Theme guide for She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith.

Goldsmith explicitly champions lively, farcical comedy over the sentimental moralizing popular in his era, as seen in the prologue's mockery of 'sentimental' drama and the play's reliance on slapstick and mistaken identity.

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