In discussing ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, we’ve talked a bit about whether or not we’re meant to identify with Annabella and Giovanni’s plight and root for their success, whatever that success means. If we are meant to be on their side, this would imply condoning incest at large. However, in Act V Scene 5, Giovanni frames their relationship in this way: “[W]hen they but know / Our loves, that love will wipe away that rigour / Which would in other incests be abhorred” (Ford 234). Giovanni says this in telling Annabella the ways in which he hopes society will see their relationship after they have died. In framing their relations this way, does he see his and Annabella’s transgression as an exception to the rule that incest is universally deplorable? If so, why are he and Annabella special? What are the conditions for an acceptable/unacceptable incestuous relationship?