Part 1 of Essay
Three recurring themes in Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe are greed, vanity, and repentance. Theme is defined as an underlying or essential subject of artistic representation. These three themes play an important role in the development of the story of Moll Flanders. The first theme, greed, is shown in Moll's acts of pros ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... what he pleased and as often as he pleased…" (Defoe 30). Later in the story, Moll becomes acquainted with a woman who persuades Moll to work for her as a prostitute. Even though Moll is now married, she agrees to sell her body for profit. "I found presently that whether I was a whore or a wife, I was to pass for a whore here…" (Defoe 144). Moll's acts of prostitution show that she will carry out illegal practices in order to get money. Moll's many instances involving thievery also express the theme of gree ....