Moll flanders 2
Moll flanders 2" Moll Flanders "
Many questions arise when one talks about Moll Flanders. Who was born in Newgate, was a whore for twelve years, was a wife five times, was a thief for twelve years, eight years a transported felon in Virginia. Through hard and long discussions, many questions about Moll Flanders were answered but one of the toughest and hardest questions still remains. Is Moll Flanders penitent?
Moll Flanders, who gets separated from her parents at young age. But she got the best that had to be offered to orphans. She is treated pleasantly by the good nurse. She doesn't do service like all the other orphans, that got paid one penny a day but gets adopted by a very wealthy family " Here I continu'd till I was between 17 and 18 years old, and here I had all the advantages for my education that could be imgin'd the lady had masters home to the house to teach her daughters to dance, and to speak French, and to write, and others to teach them musick; and as I was always with them, I learned as fast as they; and tho' the masters were not appointed to teach me, yet I learn'd by imitaion and enquiry, all that they learn't by instruction and direction.". Here she learns many different skills that could help her through out her life span but not once does she use these skills to make a good living.
In this wealthy house she falls in love with a gentleman (older brother). Not once but in many different occasions she lets him make love to her and then takes the money that he offers to her as if it was job not love. In the end things don't turn out to the way Moll wanted them to and gets married to Robin (younger brother). She doesn't love him but marries him and has 2 kids with him. When he passes away she marries a Draper and with him has one child. The Draper spends all the money Moll had saved up and goes bankrupt. Then she marries a sea captain and has one more child who turns out to be her own half...
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