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Term Paper Title	Joseph Andrews
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Joseph Andrews

     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 advances through the entire novel, Mr. Wilson’s experiences, and the little self control people have in containing themselves properly.
     The most obvious example of the advances on Joseph, is made by Lady Booby in the first few chapters of Book I.  She would take walks with Joseph in the park, and spend a lot of time alone with him.  Then, not even a week after her husband’s death,  she invites Joseph into her room a talks with him about women, when she intentionally lifts her head so Joseph would find out that she is naked under the covers of the bed.  To urge him on, she plays an actress’ role in saying:

"I have trusted myself with a man alone, naked in bed; suppose you should have 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 the Squire’s dogs had attacked Adams, he defended himself by hitting them with his cane.  When the Squire arrived, and saw the bruises on his dogs, he would have probably had Joseph and Adams indicted had he not seen Fanny.  He invited all of them to dinner at his estate, trying to get Joseph and Parson Adams drunk, so he and Fanny could spend some time alone, but Parson Adams leaves with Joseph and Fanny, disgusted at the Squire.  He sends his three of his men to go and kidnap Fanny, and they do so successfully.  Luckily for Fanny, on their way back, Fanny is saved by Peter Pounce who takes her to the inn where Joseph is.
     Near the end of the novel, Lady Booby returns to Sunsetshire, and because of her desire for Joseph tries to plead Parson Adams to dislike Fanny and then later incarcerate them both.  Since should doesn’t succeed in doing so, she decides to move back to London and find herself another young man to occupy her time with.
     Another instance made by Fielding was the sto...

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