Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews"
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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 adva ....
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.... any wicked intentions upon my honor, how should I defend myself?"
The second example of the sexual advances and the lack of control
of their barbaric nature, was made by a man who had promised to take Fanny
to 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 t ....
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