1. The Wife's Resentment by Delarivier Manley
... ;modesty is rarely or never to be regained." Perhaps somewhat astonishingly, Violenta is not adverse to Count Roderigo's suit; rather, her objections lie in the Count's intentions of having Violenta trade in her virginal status, in effect, her honor, without offering the proper recompense - marriage - in return. One could say then, while Violenta is not making her virtue available for sale ... , she certainly is waiting for a society-sanctioned "trade-off" of sorts to take place in which she exchanges her chastity for the putative security of marriage. Though sexual chastity may have been...
- Word Count: 1986
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: Graduate