After much thought, I have chosen to select prompt number three and prompt number four for my responses. Pamela has a habit of painstakingly elaborating and sparing no details, especially in her writing. In the first letter to her parents (Letter 1), she does not skip a beat and fleshes out a thorough day-to-day account of what has transpired. Pamela writes that her master has died, but not to worry because her new master (the son) is still employing her. On top of that, he said he will be her new friend and even though he caught her with the letter, he compliments her on her penmanship and that she may use the library. Her elaborations in this letter consist of her emotions and opinions, visual details, and embellishments and stylistic tics.
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She decides to wear a mask to conceal her identity. “There is but one Thing in my Power to refuse you, which is the Knowledge of my Name, which believing the Sight of my Face will render no Secret, you must not take it ill that I conceal from you” (242). With her previous personas, she had been quickly dumped after each encounter. As Incognita, she discards all of her characters and personifications and gains a mask. Without an actual identity she is finally free to do what she wishes because there are no rules. Because Beauplaisir does not know her true identity, it bothers him incessantly. Beauplaisir's entire game is the stereotypical conquest of women - but with Incognita’s mask, he is thrown off. All his attention is now focused on wanting to know Incognita’s true identity - much like an itch one is unable to scratch. However, he gets tiresome. “He was so much out of Humor, however, at the Disappointment of his curiosity, that he resolv’d never to make a second Visit” (245). He found it was not a game he could win, so he gave up - even though it was the same type of game that he had played with past
I am unsure if it was a common practice, …show more content…
She decides to wear a mask to conceal her identity. “There is but one Thing in my Power to refuse you, which is the Knowledge of my Name, which believing the Sight of my Face will render no Secret, you must not take it ill that I conceal from you” (242). With her previous personas, she had been quickly dumped after each encounter. As Incognita, she discards all of her characters and personifications and gains a mask. Without an actual identity she is finally free to do what she wishes because there are no rules. Because Beauplaisir does not know her true identity, it bothers him incessantly. Beauplaisir's entire game is the stereotypical conquest of women - but with Incognita’s mask, he is thrown off. All his attention is now focused on wanting to know Incognita’s true identity - much like an itch one is unable to scratch. However, he gets tiresome. “He was so much out of Humor, however, at the Disappointment of his curiosity, that he resolv’d never to make a second Visit” (245). He found it was not a game he could win, so he gave up - even though it was the same type of game that he had played with past