... , and proves that things are not what they seem. "Humphry- echoes with romance associations, but suffers reduction by deliberate misspelling coupled with an association to the proverbial "to dine with Duke Humphrey- or to dine in poverty. "Clinker- directly undermines the romance associations of "Humphry- by both its sound and its association with a blacksmith's cinder and human excrement. He begins in ... ...

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... in court. In short, Elizabeth is feminine, but will not bow down to the needs of a man. She is viewed as her own person, insofar as romance is concerned. The duke d'Alencon is tricky and a blatant womaniser. However, rather than using Elizabeth's insecurities about marriage as an excuse for not marrying him as in Elizabeth R, he is revealed as a cross-dresser ... ...

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