3)+Shamela

**  An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews By:Henry Fielding  ** //"Dear Mamma, // O WHAT News, fince I writ my laft! the young Squire hath been here, and as fure as a Gun he hath taken a Fancy to me ; //Pamela,// iays he-, (for fp I am called here) you was a great Favourite of your late Miftrefs's; yes, an't pleafe your Honour, fays I; and I belfeve you deferved it, fays he; thank your Honour for your good Opinion, fays I; and then he took me by the Hand :, and I pretended to be my: Laud, fays I, Sir, I hope you don't intend to be rude; no, fays he, my Dear, and then he kifled me, 'till he took away my Breath——and I pretended to be Angry, and to get away,- and then he kifled me again, and breathed very fhort, and looked very filly //,// and by Ill-Luck Mrs. //Jer'vis// came in, and had like to have fpoiled Sport.— //How trottblefome is fuch Interruption !// You mall hear now foon, for I Ihall not come away yet, fo I reft, //Tour affectionate Daughter^ // Shamela,  Maria Honora Andrews.   O Madam, I have ftrange Things to tell you! As I was reading in that charming Book about the Dealings, in comes my Mafter— to be fure he is a precious One. //Pamela,// fays he, what Booty is that, I warrant you //Rochefler > &// Poems No, forfooth, fays I, as pertly as I could ; why how now Saucy Chops, Boldface, fays he — Mighty pretty Words, fays I, pert again. — Yes (fays he) you are are a d — d, impudent, flinking, curfed, confounded Jade, and I have a great Mind to kick your A - .You, kifs — — fays I. A-gad, fays he, and fo I will ; with that he caught me in his Arms, and kifled me till he made my Face all over Fire. Now this .ferved purely you know, to put upon the Fool for Anger. O ! What precious Fools Men are ! And To I flung from him in a mighty Rage, and pretended as how I would go out at the Door-, but when I came to the End of the Room, I flood ftill, and my Mafter cryed out, Huffy, Slut, Saucebox, Boldface, come hither - Yes to be fure, fays I ; why don't you come, fays he ; what fhoukl I come for fays I ; if you don't come to me, I'll come to you, fays he ; I fhan't come to you I afiure you, fays I.

__** Purpose:  **__ Henry Fielding author of //Shamela// uses this novel to mock Samuel Richardson's //Pamela, or Virtue// //Rewarded//. Richardson's purpose for writing Pamela was to show the reader that Pamela's character was a perfect metaphor of how protestants of that time were like. In the novel Pamela is an honest mistress who never commits any wrong, and according to Richardson protestants of that time were also righteous people who never did any wrong. However Fielding was totally against Richardson's opinion and thats why he made this parody. Fielding wanted to show the reader the hypocrisy of Pamela's message. Fielding's purpose was to show the reader that protestants of that time weren't pure and honest people, and that they were not immune to temptation. Henry uses his parody to further emphasize his purpose by portraying his novel's main character Shamela as a complete opposite of Pamela. Shamela in the novel is an ambitious woman who does indecent sexual actions with her master, and eventually marries him in order to obtain his wealth. shamela hides her true intentions by acting as innocent mistress who couldn't harm anyone and one can see that Fielding wanted to show that protestants were also people who in society acted correctly but in reality they were sinister.

__**Work Cited**__ __1. "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - Sexuality and the Morally Didactic Novel."__ 123HelpMe.com__. 05 Feb 2009 .

2. Depaul, Yogchick. "Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded." Review. Weblog post. 5 Feb. 2009 .

3. Cervantes, Miguel.__ An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews__. 5 Feb. 2009 .

O. Rodriguez