Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… him as a cultural indicator , with which to measure the shifts in gendered sociability and expectations towards upper-class men throughout the period. Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Character Concepts > Social interaction … hedonistic man, often from the nobility or at the very least wealthy, bent on sensual gratification. The character’s class and gender privileges enable him to disregard social conventions without being held accountable, in plots of … that resonates with the historical reality of the period: the figure’s potential for social disruption as an upper-class male magnifies the political and ideological instability at play throughout the eighteenth century. The rake …
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