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1. 1. The Defense Mechanisms of Moll Flanders : A Psychoanalytical Essay

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Tina Jakobsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Moll Flanders; Literature; Psychoanalysis; Freud; Lacan; Defense Mechanisms;

   Abstract : The essay analyzes how and why Moll Flanders’s childhood created mental and emotional patterns that would come to shape her personality and affect her behavior. The analysis will use psychoanalytical theories by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to discern what defense mechanisms and desires Moll developed in childhood and how these presented themselves throughout her life. READ MORE

3. 2. The Circle of the Seven Deadly Sins In Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Sofia Lehtonen; [2012-04-27]
   Keywords : Daniel Defoe; Moll Flanders; seven deadly sins; the circle of the seven deadly sins; puritanism;

   Abstract : In this essay, I explore how Daniel Defoe in his novel "Moll Flanders" makes Moll Flanders represent the seven deadly sins. As I argue, the circle of the "seven deadly sins" is a concept in Defoe's novel. Defoe represents Moll as a symbolic and embodied version to represent the "seven deadly sins". READ MORE