Powerful not poor : reading Fanny Price from a Buddhist perspective (Article)

Powerful not poor : reading Fanny Price from a Buddhist perspective (Article)

Mansfield Park is a novel about selfishness with characters who care more about the comfort of their own worldview than about anyone else.1 The characters are trapped by their chosen perspectives: Mrs. Norris by self-importance; Lady Bertram by indolence; Julia, Maria, and Mary by the desire to at...

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Main Author: Duncan, Kathryn
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1483002021-05-12T20:10:44Z Powerful not poor : reading Fanny Price from a Buddhist perspective (Article) Duncan, Kathryn School of Humanities Humanities::Literature::English Mansfield Park is a novel about selfishness with characters who care more about the comfort of their own worldview than about anyone else.1 The characters are trapped by their chosen perspectives: Mrs. Norris by self-importance; Lady Bertram by indolence; Julia, Maria, and Mary by the desire to attract male attention; Tom by privilege; Sir Thomas by status; and Henry by seductive power. Even Edmund loses his way in his lust for Mary Crawford. Caught by these perspectives, the characters lack the freedom to live full, happy lives. Choosing worldviews intended to fend off suffering, the characters of Mansfield Park bring more suffering to themselves and others. Only Fanny, who materially suffers from the start and outwardly lacks freedom compared to the rest, lives mindfully and uses her powers to alleviate the suffering of others. Published version 2021-05-10T08:58:04Z 2021-05-10T08:58:04Z 2020 Journal Article Duncan, K. (2020). Powerful not poor : reading Fanny Price from a Buddhist perspective (Article). Studies in Religion and the Enlightenment, 2(1), 28-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/srej.2020.2.1.5 2661-3336 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148300 10.32655/srej.2020.2.1.5 1 2 28 41 en Studies in Religion and the Enlightenment © 2020 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, & the Brigham Young University Faculty Publishing Service. application/pdf
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Powerful not poor : reading Fanny Price from a Buddhist perspective (Article)
description Mansfield Park is a novel about selfishness with characters who care more about the comfort of their own worldview than about anyone else.1 The characters are trapped by their chosen perspectives: Mrs. Norris by self-importance; Lady Bertram by indolence; Julia, Maria, and Mary by the desire to attract male attention; Tom by privilege; Sir Thomas by status; and Henry by seductive power. Even Edmund loses his way in his lust for Mary Crawford. Caught by these perspectives, the characters lack the freedom to live full, happy lives. Choosing worldviews intended to fend off suffering, the characters of Mansfield Park bring more suffering to themselves and others. Only Fanny, who materially suffers from the start and outwardly lacks freedom compared to the rest, lives mindfully and uses her powers to alleviate the suffering of others.
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