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Shakespeare in love scene analysis
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Gender roles and sexuality addressed in Shakespeare`s plays
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Through a character analysis of Jack Tanner and Ann Whitefield, Carpenter examines the sexual purification displayed in Shaw’s play; “The mainspring of the plot is clearly Ann Whitefield's relentless desire to bear Jack Tanner's children. […] Ann's climactic seduction of Jack and her resultant climax are set squarely before the footlights, […] depicted in a shrewdly inoffensive manner, however: one implied by Shaw's description of the play as a dramatic "distillation" of sexual attraction” (Carpenter 71). Through symbolic allusion, Shaw is able to hint at sexual gratification between his characters without upsetting the general Puritan public. Shaw uses sexual puns throughout his comedy to conscientiously examine the sexual desires of his characters. With the prudish Puritan ideals of Shaw’s society controlling the degree of sexuality that could be depicted in Man and Superman without being condemned to a life without production, Shaw had to carefully select how and when he would have his characters demonstrate their sexuality. The climax scene of Act IV is the culmination of Ann Whitefield’s manipulation of Jack Tanner’s intellect and emotions as well as her seduction of his sexuality:
TANNER. [seizing her in his arms] It is false: I love you. The Life Force enchants me: I have the whole world in my arms when I clasp you. But I am fighting for my freedom, for my honor, for myself, one and indivisible.
[…]
TANNER. [groaning] Oh, that clutch holds and hurts. What have you grasped in me? Is there a father’s heart as well as a mother’s?
ANN. Take care, Jack: if anyone comes while we are like this, you will have to marry me.
TANNER. If we two stood now on the edge of a precipice, I would hold yo...
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