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7/27/2019 Questions on Joseph Andrews
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1. What factors influenced Fielding in his conception and composition of Joseph
Andrews?
2. What is the purpose of the Author's Preface, and how well did Fielding
accomplish his aims in the light of the guidelines established there?
3. Examine one or two incidents or scenes which you think were influenced in
their creation by Fielding's experience as a playwright; what is "dramatic"
about the scenes you have chosen, and is there a place for this kind of effect
in the novel?
4. Discuss the function of the "digressions" in Joseph Andrews.
5. Discuss the degree of unity or to use Fielding's terms "Harmotton, that
agreement of his action to his subject" (Book III, Chapter 2) achieved in
Joseph Andrews.
6. "I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species" (Book III,
Chapter 1). Discuss Fielding's presentation of two or three characters in the
light of the above comment.
7. Compare the hypocrisy of Lady Booby with that of Mrs. Slipslop.
8. Do you agree with Fielding that the character of Adams "is the most glaring in
the whole"? Give your reasons and discuss the implications.
9. Compare and contrast the attitudes of two or three characters toward
"charity."
10.12. "I defy the wisest man in the world to turn a true good action into
ridicule" (Book III, Chapter 6). To what extent is this statement the fulcrum of
Joseph Andrews?
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11.13. Cite some examples of Fielding's use of the burlesque and discuss the
use of this kind of humor in Joseph Andrews.
12.14. What does Fielding mean when he speaks of the "ridiculous"? Give an
example of the "ridiculous" and discuss Fielding's treatment of it.
13.15. Discuss Fielding's presentation of clergymen; what do you believe to be
his conception of the truly worthy man of religion?
14.16. What kind of picture does Fielding paint of "law and justice" in
eighteenth-century England?