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...

• Word Count: 1070
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 567
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 5526
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School