Comparison of Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside and... they provide valuable insights into the society that gave rise to their comedic and critical insights. The recurring themes of these works enhance knowledge of the culture in which they first appeared. The rise of the lower middle classes to social prestige and nobility emerges among the most widespread dramatic themes of the era. Exploiting the resulting social confusion, 17th-century playwrights convey the uncertainty of whether to follow the dictates of declining traditions or gain a higher place in society. To understand the nuances of how social change affected England, just take a look at Thomas Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, which illustrates the English aristocracy's struggle to survive while citizens of lesser origins rise triumphantly among its ranks. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside's sister drama, Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle, also depicts this situation in England despite its different plot and structure. Furthermore, both works present similar solutions that subtly contribute to the aura of social confusion. To emphasize the prevalence of upward mobility, Middleton's AChaste Maid in Cheapside and Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle feature women overcoming sexually motivated male suitors by feigning death, an action that symbolically exemplifies faltering social boundaries and decrease... of paper......h works. An inconspicuous wave of the numerous social shockwaves appears when women overcome their insolent suitors by feigning death: a figurative upheaval of orthodox social values. Furthermore, the unsatisfied eroticism of the suitors suggests the future deterioration of their belief that they must marry a woman for reproduction and not for love. After the women escape subjection to this lifestyle by faking their own deaths, the consequences of their resurrection demonstrate the fickleness of cultural certainties in their society. Works Cited Beaumont, Francis. The Knight of the Fiery Pestle. Ed. John Doebler. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. Middleton, Thomas. A chaste waitress in Cheapside. Ed. Alan Brissenden. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997.

Topic > Comparison of Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside and... they provide valuable insights into the society that gave rise to their comedic and critical insights. The recurring themes of these works enhance knowledge of the culture in which they first appeared. The rise of the lower middle classes to social prestige and nobility emerges among the most widespread dramatic themes of the era. Exploiting the resulting social confusion, 17th-century playwrights convey the uncertainty of whether to follow the dictates of declining traditions or gain a higher place in society. To understand the nuances of how social change affected England, just take a look at Thomas Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, which illustrates the English aristocracy's struggle to survive while citizens of lesser origins rise triumphantly among its ranks. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside's sister drama, Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle, also depicts this situation in England despite its different plot and structure. Furthermore, both works present similar solutions that subtly contribute to the aura of social confusion. To emphasize the prevalence of upward mobility, Middleton's AChaste Maid in Cheapside and Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle feature women overcoming sexually motivated male suitors by feigning death, an action that symbolically exemplifies faltering social boundaries and decrease... of paper......h works. An inconspicuous wave of the numerous social shockwaves appears when women overcome their insolent suitors by feigning death: a figurative upheaval of orthodox social values. Furthermore, the unsatisfied eroticism of the suitors suggests the future deterioration of their belief that they must marry a woman for reproduction and not for love. After the women escape subjection to this lifestyle by faking their own deaths, the consequences of their resurrection demonstrate the fickleness of cultural certainties in their society. Works Cited Beaumont, Francis. The Knight of the Fiery Pestle. Ed. John Doebler. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. Middleton, Thomas. A chaste waitress in Cheapside. Ed. Alan Brissenden. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997.