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174:, Haywood's novel follows the life of a Pamela-esque character, Syrena Tricksy, in her own storyline. Syrena attempts to use her performance of innocence to become a prosperous noblewoman. She tries several different schemes, presenting herself to different men as a unmarried gentlewoman, a married gentlewoman, a libertine, a mistress, a poor widow, or a rich widow, based on what seems likely to serve her aims. However, these schemes are always foiled at the last minute, either due to coincidence or due to Syrena's carelessness. For example, she is almost successful in marrying a rich old gentleman, until his son visits and reveals that Syrena has pursued both father and son. As the novel progresses, Syrena's desperate attempts at upward social mobility instead result in downward mobility, as she seduces men with less and less wealth. 154:, satirising the innocence of his character Pamela Andrews. The original Pamela is presented as a virtuous working-class woman who reforms a debauched gentleman and wins his love; her virtue is rewarded with marriage. Fiction written in response to this novel typically reframes Pamela's actions to instead present her as a manipulative social climber. Haywood's character generally follows this mold, though she is much less licentious than Fielding's Shamela. 40: 157:
Haywood's novel is generally seen as condemning Richardson's Pamela character for using her sexuality for self-interested ends. Some scholars also interpret the novel as condemning the idea of social mobility itself, and supporting the idea that there is a natural ruling elite whose innate moral
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Syrena Tricksy

Eliza Haywood
Parody novel
1741
1741
Eliza Haywood
1740
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Samuel Richardson
Shamela
Henry Fielding
Broadview Press
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Samuel Richardson
Shamela
Henry Fielding
The True Anti-Pamela
Ross
Herefordshire




"Serialized Identities and the Novelistic Character in Eliza Haywood's Fantomina and Anti-Pamela"
doi
10.3138/ecf.30.1.25
ISBN
978-0-8131-4763-5
OCLC

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