What is the tension between the university and the military expressed here? Why is Prince Albert, as the queen's consort (but, importantly, NOT king), torn between them? What does this tension have to say about social boundaries and the way in which they are drawn? What is Punch's attitude toward these divisions? Can you think of characters in the novels (particularly in Vanity Fair) to whom these divisions might apply? What function do the divisions serve in the novel?
