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Aphra Behn's "The Rover"

The source provides a critical analysis of Aphra Behn’s play, The Rover, focusing on its foundational feminist and economic themes. The first section explores how the character of Angellica Bianca, a courtesan, critiques Restoration society by equating financially motivated marriage negotiations with prostitution, thereby exposing the gendered economic dependency and moral hypocrisy surrounding women's status. The analysis argues that Behn intentionally dismantles the clean moral divide between "wife" and "whore" by showing how both are constrained by a system where love is commodified. The second section justifies Virginia Woolf's famous tribute to Behn, asserting that Behn earned women the right to speak their minds by portraying characters who are clever, autonomous, and defiant of patriarchal limitations, making The Rover a powerful manifesto for female expression and intellect.