First option: a. Discuss and analyze Fantomina’s metamorphosis from innocent you

First option: a. Discuss and analyze Fantomina’s metamorphosis from innocent young lady, to prostitute, to lower class servant, Celia, to Widow Bloomer, with specific details on each identity. b. Why might she choose to assume these specific female identities? Might social class be a factor? c. Why doesn’t she just set her sights on another man instead of continuing her pursuit of Beauplaisir? What motivates her decision?
a. Analyze closely the two letters that Beauplaisir writes to Fantomina and Mrs. Bloomer. What do their differences and similarities suggest about Beauplaisir and his character? b. What does Fantomina’s final metamorphosis to Incognita suggest about her ultimate motives? Why might she select this specific identity and method of disguise? c. What might disguise/masquerade ultimately represent to Fantomina? d. What does she ultimately want from Beauplaisir and her pursuits?
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In the concluding scene, what does the protagonist’s mother’s attitude/dialogue suggest towards her daughter? Consider also her mother’s attitude/dialogue towards Beauplaisir? b. How do you view the protagonist’s fate at the close of the story? c. Do you view Fantomina as a story ultimately suggesting rare female empowerment in 18th century society, or is the story ultimately reinforcing a collusion with patriarchal constraint? *Do you think this is a text about the power that the protagonist finds within the “Maze,” or is this a text about her lack of power and submission to gender-based constraints? Explain your views.