bmc.ENGL.B343.001.F26: Third Dialogue - Em & Beatrice

In Dialogue 3, a middle-class man attempts to court a woman belonging to the noble class.
Something I found very interesting about this dialogue was how it seemingly lacks a misogynistic dynamic, wherein the woman is openly critical of the man's appearance and societal status without much pushback from the man. In this way, the respectability dynamics are somewhat reversed due to the man and woman's difference in status. However, the woman largely does not respect the man because he is not a lord, highlighting the inherent social dynamic that men are expected to financially provide for women.
The woman positions herself as morally superior to the man as she explains that, for her to consider him as a lover, he must have enough good qualities that he may transcend his birth circumstances and class.
Ultimately, the woman instructs the man on how to be honorable, or, in other words, "worthy" of receiving love from someone belonging to the noble class. He thanks her and praises her kindness, stating that she deserves to belong to the noble class because of her willingness to explain courting to him and overall moral superiority.