ENGC39H3 Lecture : Lecture 5
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mr. b says he can"t marry pamela because of her low class: he gets a lot of criticism (private/public) is pamela editing her letters for mr. b: she is confident about what she"s writing but she"s hiding them she"s not ashamed of what she"s written (hides letters in clothes, under tiles, etc) at first, mr. b eludes to his reading the letters but we"re not sure about it until the editor comes in. mr. b mentions a public face while privatizing other events: withholding pamela"s last 3 letters. Pamela"s i narrative and underlying events (editor"s commentary) john has to secretly deliver his letter to pamela: what pamela accepted as true turned out to be a lie, pamela"s basic assumptions have failed her she doesn"t know if she can trust anyone. he"s picking up on the public discourse that reading romance gives you incorrect notions (she misunderstands his advances)
