This presentatoin is based on Thematic study in Richardson's Novel 'Pamela'.

1. Thematic Study In
Richardson’s Novel
‘Pamela’

2. Personal Details
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3. ● Born :- 1689
● Died :- 1761
● Samuel Richardson was an English Novelist
and printer.
● He wrote his novel in epistolary letter form.
● His major Novels were
1. Pamela
2. Clarissa
3. Familiar letters in Important Occassion
About Author – Samuel Richardson

4. About Novel
• Full Title :- Pamela or Virtue Rewarded
• This novel is written in epistolary style by
Samuel Richardson.
• It is published in 1740 and based on a story
about a servant and the man who, failing to
seduce her, marries her.
• Pamela Andrews is 15 year old servant.
• On the death of her mistress, her mistress’s son,
“Mr. B”, beings a series of stratagems designed
to seduce her.

5. Major Themes
Feminism
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Chastity
and lust Marriage
Upper class
and Lower
class

6. • Pamela belonged to the poor class.
• And her family Andrews lives in a village.
• She worked as a Maid servent in the family of Lady B.
• In the Novel the class conciousness has always been used
as a weapon against her to break her devotion to
Chastity.
• Mr. B. Demanded to marry him and he always attaked on
her Chestity becouse of she belong from poor class.
Upper Class and Lower class :-

7. Chastity and lust
• The major theme of the novel is conflict between Chastity and lust.
• Definition of Chastity:-
“The quality or state of being chaste such as abstention from all
sexual intercourse or purity in conduct and intention.”
• Definition of lust :-
“ Usually intense or someone motivated more by lust than by love.”
• Pamela is a symbol of women chastity in the novel.

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Feminism
• Samuel Richardson has long recognised as a writer of women expressing their feelings
and point of view, defending their rights in a male – dominated society.
• They insisted that men should treat all women with consideration, and their wives with
esteem.
• Pamela is the protagonist of the novel.
• Pamela’s Character reflect the Social status of women in the 18th century.
• Pamela is a different character, she changes the women don’t have to men’s properties
for being servile.
• She is introduces herself as a being who able to use her intelligence and her right in front
of men.

9. Works cited
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Pamela". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Mar.
2020, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pamela-novel-by-Richardson. Accessed 15
October 2022.
“Chastity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/chastity. Accessed 15 Oct. 2022.
Canby, Henry Seidel. “Pamela Abroad.” Modern Language Notes, vol. 18, no. 7, 1903, pp.
206–13. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2917593. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
Canby, Henry Seidel. “Pamela Abroad.” Modern Language Notes, vol. 18, no. 7, 1903, pp.
206–13. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2917593. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
Gwilliam, Tassie. “Pamela and the Duplicitous Body of Femininity.” Representations, no.
34, 1991, pp. 104–33. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928772. Accessed 16 Oct.
2022.
“Lust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/lust. Accessed 15 Oct. 2022.

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