Moll Flanders | Suggested Essay Topics

Preface and Parts 1-2
1. Discuss the significance of the fact that Moll was born in Newgate Prison. After summarizing the details Moll provides about the jail, describe what an individual who was born there during this era might expect to accomplish in life.

2. Explore Moll’s ambition to become a “gentlewoman.” Explain Moll’s misunderstanding of this term and describe how the wealthy matrons of the town responded to Moll’s aspirations.

Parts 3-4
1. Discuss Moll’s view of the draper. Explain why she did not mind his tendency to spend...


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