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A 3 page paper which examines and analyzes the introductory passages from Daniel Defoe’s “Moll Flanders” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” No additional sources cited.
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the stories of women. In Defoes work we have a story about a woman who does whatever it takes to survive in a harsh world. In Austens novel we have
women who are socially and economically fairly stable and thus their world consists primarily of self reflection and the expectation of marriage. The following paper examines the first few passages
from each work, assuming we know nothing of the stories, and analyzes what these passages will tell us about the story to come. Moll Flanders Defoes story opens
with a first person narrative, and it is assumed that this story will be told from Molls point of view. The narrator opens with "My true name is so well
known in the records or registers at Newgate, and in the Old Bailey, and there are some things of such consequence still depending there, relating to my particular conduct, that
it is not be expected I should set my name or the account of my family to this work" (Defoe). This opening passage indicates that this narrator, Moll, is likely
somewhat ashamed of her past, and it is clearly a past that has some very powerful legal and maybe moral implications relating to the woman. She continues and indicates that,
"perhaps, after my death, it may be better known; at present it would not be proper, no not though a general pardon should be issued, even without exceptions and reserve
of persons or crimes" (Defoe). From this simple first paragraph we sense that the language is from one who is introspective, and not lacking in intelligence. It is the
voice of experience. In addition, this speaker is not presenting the reader with an image of a narrator that is asking us to feel sorry for them. They are not
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