Horner, a sex crazed whoremaster tells women that he is a Eunuch so that they will sleep with him, although he really is not. This to me, is very hilarious. Pinchwife, another whoremaster is very jealous of Horner because he knows of his brilliant plan and is afraid that Horner will steal his new wife. He is so threatened by Horner that he dresses up his wife as a man to take her out. This plan however, fails miserably for Horner knows that it is Pinchwife's wife and they leave together to have sex.
http://www.philipcrammond.com/heather_brothers/music/lust/04-apoxonloveandwenching.htm
^ This link is from Love,Lies & Lust which is based upon Wycherley's The Country Wife. It is called A Pox On Love And Wenching and is Horners reaction to the eunuch rumor. Check it out, it's very funny!
Basically, in The Country Wife, the men believe that women " are not really what they seem." It is evident that the men use women strictly for sex and that's about all they want from them. They put a new meaning to the word Man Whore.
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That was a funny interlude, where did you find that website?
ReplyDeleteVery funny! I think there are endless ways you can reinterpret Wycherly's play, with equally hilarious results.
ReplyDeleteI guess I wonder if and how we think relations between men and women have changed. One think that seems pretty progressive in Wycherly is his recognition of female desire, although when I think about it I think it is actually more of a 19th c. convention for women to repress their sexuality. Shakespeare and Chaucer had no problem portraying lusty and ambitious women.