I am glad on't, I vow, for he's a curious fine gentleman, and I love him already, too- (III.ii, 1068). ... In the end of The Country Wife, the reader naturally acknowledges Mister Sparkish as the predominant male; however, it is difficult to define him as a "ladies man- because he is not completely sex oriented. ...
The books Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens were written in the Victorian era where gender and social limitations were forced upon the protagonists by society; both books use very simple characters to define and defy these limitations set before them, which ultimately created classics. ... There was one other option; a son of a gentleman could toil for long hours working, in hopes to move up a class. ... Murdstone would have been replaced with a gentleman of the upmost standing. ...
