Greed, vanity, and repentance in "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe

Title: Greed, vanity, and repentance in "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe
Category: Literature / European Literature
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Greed, vanity, and repentance in "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe

Three recurring themes in Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe are greed, vanity, and repentance. Theme is defined as an underlying or essential subject of artistic representation. These three themes play an important role in the development of the story of Moll Flanders.         The first theme, greed, is shown in Moll's acts of prostitution. Moll turns to thievery in many instances to support herself. She also allows her morals to disintegrate; a result of her greediness.         …showed first 75 words of 1166 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1166 total…moral strength.         Moll's first repentance appears when Robin proposes marriage. 'I was now in a dreadful condition indeed, and now I have repented heartily my easiness with the eldest brother; not from any reflection of conscience, for I was a stranger to those things, but I could not think of being a whore to one brother and a wife to the other' (Defoe 31). Moll shows strong character when she chooses to continue with this relationship.

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