Steve, can't you see that the great divide that began when Henry VI and Richard III went at it and continued on until well after the Jacobites were officially defeated is real? You're really missing something in your analysis if you don't think these people weren't expressing their viewpoints. It is all subtext and not face value. In order to deconstruct the text, well, nevermind... Just remember this: There are no disinterested writers, nor readers- only readers and writers who put on such airs. Cultural history is the key to interpreting any text. For Christsake! Even working class Jim knows that.

Jim, ugh, reading again? Hey, get in that garden and pull some weeds! And when you're done with that, sweep the chimney! Workhouse!

Has either if you ever heard of Mikhail Bakhtin?