English 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Eliza Haywood
16 Dec 2017
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Comes from secret histories which dressed up and disguise the true scandals of the period in what were, essentially, romans a clef. Fantomina is a short story first published in secret histories, novels and. Woman who were toasted to because of their beauty. The pit is a place in the theatre that people went to be noticed and recognized. She looks down surprised to see well educated men focused only on the prostitutes in the pit. She then decides that she wants to dress and act like a prostitute to see if she"ll get attention from the men. Assuming a disguise is to assume another identity, which may lead to a loss of control since you aren"t truly that person. The theatre is a relevant setting because everyone there is acting as well. However, the actors have no consequences for pretending to be someone they"re not.
