DRM100Y1 Midterm: DRM100 (Up to Test 03)
11 Dec 2012
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Drm100 - behn, the rover (+ marriage of figaro) Restoration hero (?: figure of the machiavel, wicked, evil characters (eg. iago, aware of a standard of morality which he rejects and his judged/punished for. Society of restoration: not governed by divine moral sanctions, very like an animal world. The rover: animal imagery (act iii, s iv - what a dog i am!, language of animals applied to characters. Behn: first female playwright in the course, few came before her (in history, first english woman to earn a living by writing. Praised for paving the way for women in the marketplace: forced to write by financial necessity (by death of her husband, either this or the course of the courtesan. Angelica (act ii, si - nothing but gold shall charm my heart) Her undoing is to give herself to willmore for nothing but love. 1677: great british satire, similarities to other restoration plays. Social & moral values = not conventionally linked.
