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Individualism and the ruined woman in print and film
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Individualism and the ruined woman in print and film
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social standards, stratification and feminine independence in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, David Attwood's The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, and Pen Densham's Moll Flanders
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eng
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theses
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Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731. Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders--Criticism and interpretation
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Densham, Pen. Moll Flanders (Motion picture : 1996)--Criticism and interpretation
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Attwood, David, director. Fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders (Television program : 1996)--Criticism and interpretation
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English
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Women--England--Social conditions--18th century
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Prostitution in literature
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Prostitution in motion pictures
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Poverty in literature
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The 18th Century is undeniably rife with social and political unrest. The highly capitalist nature of society created highly striated social groups ranging from the financially elite to the abjectly poor and morally weak. Minority groups always suffer in these environments and in England the women were truly subject to the depravity of the era. Women as a social group were set up to and expected to fail. Without money and status a woman could amount to nothing more than a wet nurse or a prostitute. Yet, in these stations women were labeled “ruined” and they were ostracized by those in power. This semester I hope to research the social station of women in 18th Century women by examining culture, history, and literature. Specifically, I hope to target Defoe as a major author who sympathizes his ruined women characters in order to show the flaws in 18th Century society. He examines Moll Flanders as the pitiable prostitute, and manages to showcase the struggles of womanhood despite his role as a male author. Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders introduces a liberated female character who defies the standards of society in order to reach a measure of personal individualism. I will also examine other literary characters who enter into prostitution in order to exist within society and the way in which other authors present these women. Are these fictionalized characters representations of reality? Are they accurate? Regardless, they comment on and represent standard stereotypes of the 18th Century and its capitalist flaws. What does this say about the authors, the 18th Century population, the place of women, and England’s economic stratifications?
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M.A.
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by Gina Mercurio
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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2011
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2011-01
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD graduate
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