... Joan of Arc or even Harriet Tubman. With surface observation, Fanny Price could not be described to be such a character. To many, she is everything that the other residents of Mansfield Park are not: reserved, humane, thoughtful, and pitiable. Whilst Austen satirizes her more comic characters for their vices, Fanny is always described sincerely and plainly. Although displaying all the characteristics of ... a background character, Fanny is the heroine of Mansfield Park. As the book progresses, the reader comes to sympathize more and more with Fanny, to admire her strength or will, purit...

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Between chapters 28 and 33, particularly within 32 and 33, Fanny is faced with some hard decisions, and is in some cases driven to emotional distress because she is unable to tell the truth. After being rejected by Fanny once already, the much admired Henry persistently proposes to Fanny. After Henry visits Sir Thomas and explains his situation, Sir Thomas goes to Fanny and speaks with her. Sir Thomas feels that Henry is the right person for Fanny; little does he know about Henry playing around with Sir Thomas's daughters (Fanny's cousins). Fanny is thus put in an incredibly awkward position, ...

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• Grade Level: High School