# Family and Inheritance in The School for Scandal

> Theme guide for The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The Surface brothers' rivalry for their uncle Sir Oliver's fortune drives much of the plot, with the auction of family portraits symbolizing the tension between honoring one's lineage and squandering one's inheritance.

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