Aphra Behn's The Rover was written in England during what is known as the Restoration Period. The themes of the play address many social and cultural issues of the time. These themes are marriage and prostitution, and the general plight of women. Women in 17th century Europe had very few...

Paper on Boarding House¹ Is this Love? In life's journey, one often comes to crucial crossroads in which one decides one's path, one's life and one's destiny. Faced with the consequences of an illicit affair and premarital sex, Mr. Bob Doran must choose whether to marry Pol...

NEOCLASSICISM Millamant and Mirabell, as coquette and beu, engage in the witty sparring typical of the lover's in Comgreve's Restoration comedies. However, their discussion of marriage strikes an unsually serious note. What is their concept of marriage? How does this conception func...

Throughout the play King Lear, the theme that was well expressed was that of fidelity. It was evident in different relationships such as Kent with King Lear, Cordelia with King Lear, and Edgar with Gloucester. In the beginning of the play, the Earl of Kent is banished from thr kingdom by King Le...

Lawrence Stone in 1979 claimed that during 1558-1667 change in the family structure (impacting women) was the most important social change in 1,000 years. Further historical research has now discredited this theory. The years 1558- 1667 are largely characterised by continuity rather than change and ...

Othello is a Moorish military commander in Venice, who because of his dark skin color is an outcast. His longing for acceptance in Venetian society and desire for civility and domesticity after years of living the life of a marauding warrior have motivated him to marry Desdemona, the daughter of a...