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Moll Flanders in Daniel Defoe’s novel is portrayed as a witty feminine heroine of

survival and an innocent fallen angel of circumstance, rather than the vile and cruel

criminals in factual materials in the 18th century. In comparing Moll Flanders with

criminals in factual fiction, such as Anne Holland and Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse), there

are a lot of resemblances. For example, the gender of these characters are all female; the

last name Holland and Flanders are both some kind of clothes and represent feminist

characteristic; Moll Cutpurse and Moll Flanders share the first name and they both

pickpocket. Also, there are a lot of differences among them, such as the paths that lead to

their thievery behaviors, the natures of the crimes, and the characters of them. In

comparing the differences, we could see the heroine emphasis on Moll Flanders, as

contrasting to other criminals.

Moll Flanders has clear working/ stealing ethics.......

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