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A 5 page paper which looks at the ethics
involved in Moll’s choices in the novel “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe. Bibliography
lists 4 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAmollth.rtf
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bring generation after generation much to consider. It is a story of a woman who struggles through her life, going from an impoverished child to a woman of substantial means
in a time period when such realities were often unheard of. This is not to say that she remains a woman of means, for she struggles with her situations and
her reality and essentially makes many journeys which land her in a less than wealthy state. It is a rags to riches to rags again tale in many ways. There
are, as would be imagined, many ways in which one could examine the complex and determined character of Moll Flanders. However, when examining the character of Moll the reader cannot
help but bring ethics into play. We need to consider if her situations actually give a sense of leniency to our ethical standards, bearing in mind that she had little
choice in her life as a woman. The following paper examines the reality of Moll and the ethics involved. Moll Flanders In providing a very short summary of
the story we note that Moll is born to a woman who is sent to America to work on plantations because she has been convicted of petty theft. Moll is
left to be raised by gypsies who then leave her in Colchester. The parish officers of the area give her to woman who runs a small school where Moll informs
workers that she wants to grow up to be a gentlewoman. What this means is that she wants to support herself and not live in poverty. At one
point she goes to live with a woman and her daughters, for the woman is very impressed with Molls attitude and ladylike behavior. However, Moll and the womans older son
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