SOURCE: Munns, Jessica. “The Beast of Reason: The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage.” In Restoration Politics and Drama: The Plays of Thomas Otway, 1675-1683, pp. 129-66. Newark, N.J.: University of Delaware Press, 1995.
In the following excerpt, Munns surveys critical interpretations of The Orphan and analyzes the impact of patriarchal power on familial relations and social degeneration in the play.
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