Andresen reads aloud a scene in which Hal and Falstaff engage in edgy badinage, then she asks the class to tell her what is going on beneath the surface of the raillery. One student suggests bluff male camaraderie, and Andresen seizes this as a starting point. They're talking about their exploits, their sexual conquests. The class nods its collective head. The students know that this award-winning professor wants something more from them, but they are a little vague on what it is.
Nobody ventures too far.
Andresen advances toward them, then backs away. Work with me here, people. It's a world of anarchy, which is the world of childhood. She balances on her slender legs, reeling the class in slowly. Andresen nods her blonde head emphatically.