In the following chapter from her study of the elements of formal rhetoric in Dekker's works, Blow identifies the rhetorical devices used for persuasion and argumentation.

In the excerpt below, Champion analyzes the construction of the two parts of The Honest Whore. He judges Part II a masterpiece, comparing its structure to that of “Shakespeare's most effective comedies.”

In the following excerpt, Thornton evaluates the relative virtue and integrity of the various strata of society depicted in The Honest Whore.

In this essay, Comensoli argues that in the second part of The Honest Whore, “Dekker has included women in the Renaissance dictum that the practice of eloquence is ‘the practice of power’.”

In the following essay, Berlin contends that Dekker's works demonstrate that the playwright is “genuinely moral and often angry,” adding: “When he can draw clear moral lines, solidified by a love for the class which originally drew these lines, he presents aesthetically satisfying drama.”