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The Rake's Ruin and Reform -
The Timeless Paradox
VS. 
An analysis of the evolving perspective of the rake during the Restoration era.  Sometimes the hero, other times a societal menace, the increased sense of morality onstage in the early-18th century forced the ultimate demise of the rake's infallibility in the public's eye.
 

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R. K. Gritter
G. M. Harris
A. C. Johnson
M. T. Laffitte IV   
Professor Tonya Howe
English 333
Washington and Lee University

 

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Andrew C. Johnson

Gabrielle M. Harris

Ryan K. Gritter

Moses Tucker Laffitte IV

 

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