In IV.iii, Horner says of Mrs. Pinchwife's letter "'tis the first love letter that ever was without flames, darts, destinies, lying and dissemling in't." What is it about Horner and Mrs. Pinchwife's peculiar situation that enables such honesty, or what Horner perceives as honesty?
Throughout the play, city life in London is associated with passion, lust and love, posing great danger to a jealous husband. The country, on the other hand, represents safety from adultery. Have city and country spaces had the same symbolism in other plays we've read this semester?
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