Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… seemingly insatiable sexual appetite with a propensity to view women as preys and other men as rivals or pawns, and a distaste for marriage and authority in general. Etherege, though not a peer himself, belonged to group of artists and … rise of the nascent middle-class, with professional men and women bringing about new ideals of soberer sociability and taste, of personal worth no longer based on status alone. In this context, the perception of the rake archetype was bound … expectations of their public. While ideals of sociability and male behaviour did evolve across the period, the tastes and attitudes of an entire nation did not transform overnight. The rake was designed from the start as a beguiling …
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