Vanity in Joseph Andrews
In Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews, vanity plays a large role in the interactions between characters. Throughout their trip, Joseph Andrews, Franny, and Abraham Adams confront many vain people. Many claim to hold a characteristic that they do not hold, and they often hold the opposite of their desired characteristic. On page 103, Fielding directly addresses Vanity, saying “O Vanity! How little is thy Force acknowledged, or they Operations discerned? How wantonly dost though deceive mankind under different disguises(103)?” Henry Fielding later says on the page that “I have introduced theee for no other purpose than to lengthen out a short chapter, and so
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Approximate Word count = 445
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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