" Moll Flanders " Many questions arise when one talks about Moll Flanders. Who was born in Newgate, was a whore for twelve years, was a wife five times, was a thief for twelve years, eight years a transported felon in Virginia. Through hard and long discussions, many questions about Moll Flanders were answered but one of the toughest and hardest questions still remains. Is Moll Flanders penitent? Moll Flanders, who gets separated from her parents at …
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…believe she is "penitent" for her actions. It is nearly impossible to separate a mother from her child. And Moll treats all of her children's as if they were not her own. In her younger days she did learn many different skills in which she was very good at. But doesn't use them to make a living instead makes a living by crimes. How could she be penitent? When all her life she didn't change.