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To what extent do you think the boundaries between homosocial and homerotic desire are undermined by Renaissance drama? An examination of this kind requires one first to examine the prevailing beliefs, customs and practises that existed in Renaissance society so that one can understand the relationship between homosocial and homoerotic desire as it was actually played out. This understanding of the boundaries that existed in Renaissance culture must be explored before we can apply contemporary texts and productions and ask of them whether they conform, oppose or are ambivalent towards the structures and practises that they comment upon. We may first examine the terms 'homosocial' and 'homoerotic' themselves and ask the pertinent question of whether our modern day understanding of the terms is the same as the understanding held in the Renaissance period. The OED defines 'homosocial' as being of or relating to social interaction between members of the same sex, typically men and for our purposes we shall consider this term in relation to it's manifestation in friendship to which we will return later. The OED also defines 'homoerotic' as that concerning or arousing sexual desire centred on a person of the same sex or that wh