Courtship in the Early modern society was a consequent part of life for men, women and families. Reading the work of Cressy , who did extended research on this particular topic in Courtship and the Making of Marriage, one can brings forth a pattern in the way courtship worked in the upper spheres of the society. He says that: Serious courtship knew one goal, the achievement of holy matrimony. Though conducted in accordance with widely understood rules, courtship was no mere game. No idle dalliance. Toying with affections, or sending fickle signals about prospective alliances, could be ruinous to all concerned, a source of pain and dishonor. (Cressy 233-234)
So it was understood that courtship was not a matter to be played upon, and the pattern was, from what we can see in the multiple examples from Cressy's book, fairly definite. First of all, one of the persons involved (apparently usually the man) would get in contact with the damsel of his thoughts, by an intermediary, family or friends, to present his interest. Then they would communicate …show more content…
Jane Anger in her articles, addresses this issue, the issue of men writing false rethorics against the female sex to make sure women are never taken seriously and men can get away without any blames when they deceive a women in their feelings and then walk away, unperturbed while the woman tries to make her voice heard. Because of the men writing extensively about female deception, unfaithfulness, and madness, this shameful image of women is conveyed the most, and both Jane Anger and Isabella Whitney try, with their writings to reverse the tendency. Jane Anger by denouncing it and Whitney by using rethorics and myths to praise as much as can be the faithfulness of the women's love, the unwavering constancy of female lovers against the inconstancy of men and their deceptive untrue behavior. These are the two main points that we will see
So it was understood that courtship was not a matter to be played upon, and the pattern was, from what we can see in the multiple examples from Cressy's book, fairly definite. First of all, one of the persons involved (apparently usually the man) would get in contact with the damsel of his thoughts, by an intermediary, family or friends, to present his interest. Then they would communicate …show more content…
Jane Anger in her articles, addresses this issue, the issue of men writing false rethorics against the female sex to make sure women are never taken seriously and men can get away without any blames when they deceive a women in their feelings and then walk away, unperturbed while the woman tries to make her voice heard. Because of the men writing extensively about female deception, unfaithfulness, and madness, this shameful image of women is conveyed the most, and both Jane Anger and Isabella Whitney try, with their writings to reverse the tendency. Jane Anger by denouncing it and Whitney by using rethorics and myths to praise as much as can be the faithfulness of the women's love, the unwavering constancy of female lovers against the inconstancy of men and their deceptive untrue behavior. These are the two main points that we will see