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Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews" - College Essay

Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews"



Joseph Andrews is a novel written in the middle eighteenth century
by Henry Fielding. In this novel, Fielding talks of human nature and of
the need for control of sexuality. He does not just come right out and say
it, but instead expresses his concern through examples of the constant
sexual advances through the entire novel, Mr. Wilson's experiences, and the
little self control people have in containing themselves properly.
The most obvious example of the advances on Joseph, is made by Lady
Booby in the first few chapters of Book I. She would take walks with
Joseph in the park, and spend a lot of time alone with him. Then, not even
a week after her husband's death, she invites ...

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London, but instead had ideas of his own. If it wasn't for Abraham
Adams, Fanny might have been raped by the man who was accompanying her to
London.
The next show of a sexual advance on Fanny was made by a Squire
that they had encountered after leaving Mr. Wilson's house. Since the
Squire's dogs had attacked Adams, he defended himself by hitting them with
his cane. When the Squire arrived, and saw the bruises on his dogs, he
would have probably had Joseph and Adams indicted had he not seen Fanny.
He invited all of them to dinner at his estate, trying to get Joseph and
Parson Adams drunk, so he and Fanny could spend some time alone, but Parson
Adams leaves with Joseph and Fanny, disgusted at the Squire. He sends his
three of his men to go and kidnap Fanny, and they do so successfully.
Luckily for Fanny, on their way back, Fanny is saved by Peter Pounce who
takes her to the inn where Joseph is.
Near the end of the novel, Lady Booby returns to Sunsetshire, and
because of her ...

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