1. Comdey of the Restoration Period
For example Helena is the saucy, uppity girl who provides the britches role in the play. ... For example when Helena describes what life will be if Florinda marries the rich but old Don Vincentio, Helena Marry Don Vincentio! ... He frankly asks both Helena and Angelica to sleep with him when he first meets each of them and declares to Belville, "Thou know'st there's but one way for a Woman to oblige me" (I.ii: 267). ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate