English 3700 Lecture Notes - Term Of Endearment
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Discussion questions: does the country wife have a moral lesson, cynical about polished society, characters are incorporated back into society, Margery sees her abusive marriage as a cage and she see is as a punishment, Improper marriages, violent marriages : horner seen as a tool to expose vices, what is the play"s ultimate stance/message about marriage, marriage based on woman as a propriety : doomed to fail. Promote a companion in marriage (intellectual equals: men dominating over their wives sow their own destruction. Will the relationship continue: selfish possessiveness (sexual spent), self-preservation (don"t want to ruin their own reputation by revealing the identities), resign themselves to sharing him. Secondary reading: excerpt backlash to the country wife: against what drama has become in the late 17th century. Going to save england from the immorality of the stage. Not keen on comedy, tragedy is where you see the turn of humanity.
