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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.
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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