<P> The centrality of Billy Budd 's extraordinary good looks in the novella , where he is described by Captain Vere as `` the young fellow who seems so popular with the men -- Billy , the Handsome Sailor '' , have led to interpretations of a homoerotic sensibility in the novel . Laura Mulvey added a theory of scopophilia and masculine and feminine subjectivity / objectivity . This version tends to inform interpretations of Britten 's opera , perhaps owing to the composer 's own homosexuality . </P>
<P> The centrality of Billy Budd 's extraordinary good looks in the novella , where he is described by Captain Vere as `` the young fellow who seems so popular with the men -- Billy , the Handsome Sailor '' , have led to interpretations of a homoerotic sensibility in the novel . Laura Mulvey added a theory of scopophilia and masculine and feminine subjectivity / objectivity . This version tends to inform interpretations of Britten 's opera , perhaps owing to the composer 's own homosexuality . </P>
who is the handsome sailor in billy budd
who is the handsome sailor in billy budd
Billy
Billy