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Describing the plot and characters of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Fay notes that the two characters—one wicked, one virtuous—seem to represent two opposing forces within Austen herself. Although Fay thinks that this representation leads to a somewhat unentertaining heroine, she nonetheless views it as an example of the power of fiction to enact opposing realities simultaneously. Fay remains unsure of whether her interpretation is an accurate reading of the historical facts, further reinforcing the difficulty of ever truly differentiating fact and fiction.
Additionally, Fay views these characters through a feminist lens, casting Miss Crawford as the person Austen might…