In writing "Moll Flanders" ,Daniel Defoe intends to portray the injustices of seventeenth century England. ... As a result of this historical period, one can say that it was almost necessary for the character of Moll Flanders to be created. ... Moll Flanders is an unfortunate victim of circumstance. ... One is able to see that Daniel Defoe had a particular intention in inventing a figure such as Moll Flanders. ... In conclusion, Moll Flanders can be considered a sympathetic character, due to the harsh situations that she faces. ...

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In the novel "Moll Flanders," by Daniel Defoe women are at a significant disadvantage in society while men hold a higher position in power, as for women they are forced to compete differently to achieve a higher position in power. ... Moll Flanders is this girl who was "born in such an unhappy place," known as the prison in which her mom was taken to, but when she was born she was taken care of by a "Nurse" who was also at a poor hierarchy. ... Although this position as a gentlewoman was given to Flanders by Mrs. ... At some point Flanders becomes a prostitute and...

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Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders seems to lie out an instruction manual on life for readers and evidence of this can be found in a close reading of selected passages through out the book. ... If Moll did not look out for herself, no one else would. ... Moll realizes this before she gets very into the lifestyle that she leads later on in the novel. ... Life is filled with lessons at every turn and Moll lived a life filled with struggle after struggle. ... Sins, hardships and avoid conflict are all something that one can find in any sentence on any page through Moll Flanders....

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We never see the unconditional love of a mother with child in Moll Flanders that many authors have shown in their novels. ... Defoe shows a motherly figures in Moll's very first nurse, who genuinely takes care of Moll until she dies at an old age, and the other motherly character is Moll's governess who bails her out of jail. Moll herself never completely shows a solid maternal feeling for her numerous children. ... Moll's next relationship was for six years to the married man from Bath, and Moll bore three children, but only the first one lived. ... After Moll is captured f...

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(Moll Flanders p.57) By Moll's accounts Robin was a fine husband who genuinely cared for her and seems to have made their life together pleasant but Moll does not miss him, or even grieve. "I was not all together suitably affected by the loss of my husband- (Moll Flanders p. 57) Marriages of convenience are still a part of modern life today. ... (Moll Flanders p. 58) Love is no longer an issue for Moll. ... (Moll Flanders p59) Moll did indeed fall into the snare called love and also became accustomed to the high living that she and her husband took part in. ... (Moll Flanders p. ...

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In my opinion I do not think that the character of Moll Flanders is redeemed in the end of the story. ... Moll is upset about the fact that she had convinced a man to marry her. ... I think that Moll does truly love her last husband. ... Moll has the potential but she never applies it. ... I do not think that there is any chance of Moll's redemption....

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In this sense we should now refer to Defoe's Moll Flanders, where the heroine moves within this environment and comes to express: "[...] that marriages were the consequences of politick schemes for forming interests, and carrying on business, and that Love had no share, or but very little in the matter."... Moll Flanders is a story about the evolution of a woman from a low to a mid-class status. ... Nevertheless, marriages took place among people belonging to the same social class and this is why Moll Flanders has to pretend to be richer than she really is in order to reach her aim. Th...

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Writers of the Enlightenment During the enlightenment period, writers influenced many people. They influenced people by writing about creative fiction work. The writers wrote books to expand their intelligence. These writers all contributed to this time by entertaining there readers. Several we...

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Another book, Moll Flanders was published in 1722 and more novels followed until his death on April 24, 1731, however it is Robinson Crusoe that with stood time and has become a classic of children's literature. ...

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Escaping the Past: The moral intricacies of Roxana Daniel Defoe characterizes Roxana as a vain and immoral person. In the introduction of the text, the editor states the following: Roxana, like Moll Flanders, offers a morally much more complex story of making money by deception and harlotry....

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But several of the major figures of the Victorian novel are women; and the heroines they created began to throw off the victim's role that male authors had created, from Moll Flanders, Pamela, and Clarissa onwards. ...

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