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I’m watching the opera Billy Budd and halfway through had to google whether Herman Melville was queer because the opera is so gay-coded. Billy Budd, Sailor. Refresh and try again. Write a comment Beth G I know this isn't how the book is usually taught. What the basic sailors was considered typical of uneducated animals of the working classes, but officers were gentlemen, and this suddenly is abhorrent both from the religious and societal views.

See Featured Authors Answering Questions. Granted, I feel that way often about opera, but Claggart’s obsession and envy of Billy Budd translates so much to “this all feels very gay” Anyways, I love Reddit, so glad to find this ️.

Claggart has no history, and I suspect this is deliberate and makes him a nobody. Welcome back. Error rating book. The soup scene is very important and can be taken as a man who is vindictive, or a man sexually frustrated. Ask and answer questions about books!

Nothing in Billy Budd is a simple layer - there are multilayers and nuances to every action and often in dialogue and introspection. ‘Billy Budd,’ Tragically Charming the Boys for a Century Melville’s novel and Britten’s opera are poignant reminders of the beauty and relevance of gay history.

39 Billy Budd 39 : Britten was also in love with the handsome young David Hemmings, who played Billy Budd, and with the attractive young Ronan Magill, who took the role of Tadzio in Britten’s opera Death in

In the English Navy, he needed to pander for favours to rise in the ranks. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. The ship's Captain, Edward Vere, recognizes Billy's lack of intent, but claims that the law of mutiny requires him to sentence Billy to be hanged.

But can it be read this way? To answer questions about Billy Budd, Sailorplease sign up. Billy Budd is a "handsome sailor" who strikes and inadvertently kills his false accuser, Master-at-arms John Claggart. Dillwynia Peter I most certainly considered it as a possibility.

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