Ⅱ. The Main Contents of Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen’s representative works, which was published in 1814. The novel portrays a sensible, self-respectful and self-reliant heroine Fanny. Due to her noble character, she won the respect of Sir Thomas and love of Edmund, who exhibits Austen’s thought of feminism. This novel encompasses the struggles of women to secure their economic and political agency.  
Fanny was born into a poor family. Her father is a naval officer. Later because his father retired and need to raise numerous children, his life was very hard. A serious lack of sense of belonging and lack of a sense of security is the source of her inferiority complex. She desperately wants to show appropriate positive signs of inferiority complex. She sincerely hopes to become educated people. She thinks that only to make her become outstanding that has the possibility to integrate this noble family. When we in the space beyond our control or encounter many difficult problems. We all have the potential to develop an inferiority complex. The inferiority complex will result from downhearted, and unable to get up after a fall, but it will inspire morale and unremitting pursuit beyond their control. Fanny is the performance of the latter that she insist in the selfish frivolous behavior in the treatment of her inferiority. Finally, she won the attention and happy marriage. In a sense, the image of Fanny breaks the characterizing rules of female characters in Austen’s previous novels, but she tried to express the good hopes for life from her own creation in another way. Jane Austen focused the best thing on Fanny so as to disclose her ideological development at this stage.
   The novel has several important roles. Fanny Prices was a sensitive shy and simple woman, though her family opposed her marriage. Finally she decided to marry a naval officer. After her husband retired, her family was poor due to they have to raising a group of children. So Fanny raised her aunt's house and grew up in Mansfield Park. Later she gradually fell in love with her cousin Edmund, but Edmund considered her as a docile sister. Most of the stories in the novel have occurred when Fanny was 15 years old to 17 years old. Mrs. Bertram, Fanny’s aunt, was married to rich Sir Thomas, who was the master of Mansfield manor after her ex-husband died. She was a little neurotic. Mrs. Norris was Fanny’s another aunt, who was a widow and lived near Mansfield manor. Her late husband was a local priest. Sir Thomas Bertram was Fannie’s uncle. He worked in Mansfield Pak. He had an industry in Antigua. He was very serious. Tom Bertram was the eldest son of Sir Thomas. He was older than Fanny seven year. She was almost dead by she owed a lot of debt and got a disease. Edmund Bertram was the second son of Sir Thomas. He was older than Fanny six years. His ideal was to be a priest. He was the one person who has an equal attitude to Fanny, which has a great influence on Fanny. Maria Bertram was the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas. She was three years older than Fanny. And she engaged in wealthy Mr. Rush Worth, but then fell in love with Henry Crowfoot. Julia Bertram was the second daughter of Sir Thomas. She was older than Fanny two years. She loved Henry Crowfoot, but she suddenly found that he seemed to prefer her sister. Then she run away with Mr. Yates. Mr. Henry Crawford was a graceful bachelor. He often wandered between Maria and Julia, and then he began to pursue of Fanny. Miss Mary Crawford was an attractive lady and has a special feeling to Edmund. Mr. Rush was a rich but foolish successor. He was engaged with Maria. 《曼斯菲尔德庄园》中的女性意识解读(2):http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_34510.html