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MollFlandersⅠ.IntroductionDanielDefoeisoneofthemostuniqueandcontroversialwritersoftheeighteenthcenturyinEnglishandworldliterature.Duringhislifetimeandevenafterwards,Defoewasquestionedandcriticizedbythepublicbecauseofhischangeablepoliticalstandanduniquewritingstyle.MollFlandersisnottherepresentativeworkofDefoe,butitisthemostpopularworkofDefoe.MollFlandersisDefoe/sfirstwork,inwhichawomanservesasthemaincharacter.Itisworthdiscussing.ItfullyreflectsDefoe/svalues,moralityandhiswritingstyle.Ⅱ.Thediscussionofman/ssurvivalnatureinthecapitalismsocietyInthisthesis,itwilldiscussDefoesreflectionontheessenceofhumansurvival,viewingfromaneconomicpointofviewtherelationshipbetweenwomenandthesociety.Asawriterwithsharpinsightandconsciousness,Defoedescribesalonelywoman’sstruggleforsurvivalinsocialwilderness.ThebooknotonlyinspiresustoponderovertheconflictsbetweentheBourgeoisie’sindividualismandtheirmoralvalues,butalsomakesusmeditateonthematterofhumansurvival.Itismainlyconcernedwiththeconflictsbetweeneconomicindividualismandthecareofsoulsalvation.MollFlandersbelongstothetypeofadventurenovels,andsuchnovelsconcentrateonthedescriptionsoftheexperiencesofaherooraheroine,thisbookisnoexception.Thischaracterisusuallyawhore,apirateorathiefwholeadsavagabondlifeandstrugglesforsurvivalbymeansofdisgracefulconductorevencrimesandthestoryfinallyhasahappyending.Ⅲ.Moll’soutlookoneconomicindividualismandDefoe’sconcernaboutsoulsalvationThroughtheanalysisoftheheroineMollFlanders,wecanseewomen’sdilemmaandfrustrationineducation,occupationandmarriage.Moreover,wecanseetheheroine/soutlookoneconomicindividualismandDefoe/sconcernaboutsoulsalvation.TheheroineMollFlandersisanunforgettablecharacter.ThesuccessfulportrayalofMollFlandersliesintherevelationofhercharacter.Thischaracter,inessence,bearsamarkedbrandofthetimeandtherisingcapitalistclass.Itreflectstheeconomicindividualismworldoutlookatthattime.MollFlanders,likeRobinCrusoe,hasadventurousspiritsandkeepsforgingahead.HisaffirmationandapprovalofMollis,thepraiseofsomenoblecharacteristicswhichcaneasilybefoundintherisingcapitalistclass.WecanreadMoll/srepentanceinthenovel.ThisreflectsDefoe/sconcernforsoulsalvationinaworldwheremuchimportanceisattachedtomaterialdesires.Defoemakesclearthathethinkshighlyofthemorality-teachingroleofliterature,butthemoral—teachingisnothisreallyfinalgoal.Hewantstoexpressthecapitalismvalue,thatis,whenonepersonisalive,heshouldworkhardforhiswealthandshouldhavethespiritofadventure.Ⅳ.ConclusionInthisnovel,throughthedescriptionofMoll,Defoesuccessfullyrevealthecontradictionbetweentheindividualismofthebourgeoisieandthesoulsalvation,reflectstheworldoutlookofthenewbourgeoisie,andadvocatesthatmanshouldlivebyfollowinghisnaturalinstinctandcontrolhisbehaviorsrationally.Moll’scharacterofeconomicindividualism,moldedsuccessfullybeDefoenodoubthasahistoricalprogressivesignificance.