Virtues
From a broad perspective an agreement between multiple parties can be compromised on the definition of virtue. However, when approached on the topic of virtue from a personal perspective, the definition can be altered to suit one's own life experiences. This can be exemplified through the perspectives of three ladies, Aprha Behn, Frances Burney, and Mary Shelley. In each of their works the topic of virtue is indirectly expressed through various situations and characters, all unique to each other. The boundaries for which virtue is illustrated through these texts is creatively shown in different spectrums. Behn depicts virtue as innocence, purity and having a charitable nature. In "The Unfortunate Happy Lady," Behn immediately begins setting her boundaries for virtue within the first two sentences. She reveals this through her introduction of Sir William Wilding, "I shall conceal the unhappy Gentleman's own under the borrow'd Names of Sir William Wilding, who succeeded his Father Sir Edward, in an Estate of near 4000l. a Year, inheriting all that belong'd to him, except his Virtues" (Behn.1). From this it is fair to conclude that Behn deems virtue as something that can not be bought nor
Behn's strongest portrayal of virtue is used through Sir William's younger dear sister Philadelphia. Evelina's reaction: "I was so much surprised and confounded at the blow, that, . "The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History. Immediately the word virtue is introduced, setting the tone for Evelina. I suffered her to rave without making any answer; but her. Philadalphia pays off his debts despite his selfishness exhibited throughout the text. She is most definitely Frankenstein's virtue as he so many times eludes in the text, "While I admired her understanding and fancy, I loved to tend to her, as I should on a favourite animal; and I saw so much grace both of person and mind united to so little pretension" (Shelley 66). Virtue does not remain constant for everyone, it can easily lost and difficult to recapture. real suffering, soon dispelled my anger, which all turned into compassion" (Burney 260).
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