Pamela or virtues rewarded

 If Pamela was in the contemporary time, will the story take any changes? 

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This blog based on thinking activity and the subject is the character of Pamela from the novel "Pamela or virtues rewarded" which is written by samuel Richardson, if Pamela was in the contemporary time than will the story take any changes or not !! This blog task assigned by vaidehi ma'am. 

As we already know that "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded," is written by Samuel Richardson . Pamela is the novel which is published in 1740 and it is emerged during the 18th-century Enlightenment era in England. we can easily says that this novel addresses class and gender norms, marks the rise of the novel as a literary form, employs an epistolary style, and emphasizes moral and didactic themes. The novel's impact on literature and societal discussions about women's roles was profound.

we can also considered this novel as a sentimental novel as well as we can say that Pamela is an Epistolary novel . we find majorly three kinds of epistolary novel, 1)Monophonic, 2)Dialogic and 3) Polyphonic. Among these Pamela we can find as a pure epistolary novel, in which we find total 32 letters. we are also able to note that there are three type of letters that we find while reading of this particular novel and they are ,

A) The first many letters' exchanges is in between our main character Pamela and her parents.

B) The second type of letters , not proper type of letters but kind of messages we can find in between Pamela and Mr.Williams.

C) The last third type , in which we can see that Pamela is captivated so she started writing journal or we can say that diary. we can say that this journal leads novel towards happy ending . 

let us discuss about the brief introduction about the author of this particular novel and the main character Pamela.

Very brief introduction about author:-

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was an English novelist and printer, best known for his groundbreaking work in the development of the modern novel. Born in Derbyshire, England, Richardson's most famous novels include "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" (1740) and "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady" (1748). He is celebrated for his use of letter writing as a narrative form and his exploration of complex character development and moral themes in his works. Richardson's contributions to the novel genre had a profound influence on subsequent literary movements, making him a significant figure in the history of English literature.

Characters in the novel Pamela:- 

1) Pamela Andrews

2) Her parents 

3) Lady B

4) Mr B

5) Mr Williams 

6) Mrs Jewkes

7) Sally Godfrey 

Pamela :- 

Pamela Andrews is a 15-year-old servant girl from a relatively impoverished background who, after the death of her old master, Lady B, starts a new job working for Lady B’s son, Mr. B. Pamela is a skilled and prolific writer, and she conveys her story through journal entries and through letters she writes to with her mother and father. Pamela’s other important trait is her “virtue”—she has a strong faith in God and as a result, she feels that she must remain chaste until marriage. This puts her in constant conflict with Mr. B, who lusts for Pamela—but initially has no desire to marry her. When Pamela refuses Mr. B’s advances, he kidnaps and imprisons her, straining the limits of Pamela’s willpower. Pamela often lacks agency in her own story; she’s repeatedly unable to escape Mr. B and depends on the aid of characters who try to help her, like Mrs. Jewkes and Mr. Williams. Nevertheless, she accomplishes something extraordinary: when the rakish Mr. B finally reads Pamela’s journal entries about her imprisonment, he’s so moved that he begins to treat her better. After a long period of virtuous suffering, Pamela finally gets rewarded when Mr. B agrees to marry her. Pamela takes her new role seriously, trying to be as charitable as she can with her husband’s money. As the Editor states directly in the epilogue, Pamela is a role model: both for other characters in the story and for the audience. Pamela’s life story suggests that people who endure suffering with grace will eventually reap the benefits of their good behavior.

This is how Pamela's character portrayed in the original novel , but we all have a question that what if Pamela Andrew was in current time , if she was in contemporary time than will the story take any change ? 

The answer is , probably yes. Because the novel pamela was published during 1740 it means in 18th century. At that time we all know that the condition of poor people and as specially women. In the novel somewhere we see that the lack of education in the case of women , that after Mrs B's death when Mr B is trying to make good relations with Pamela at that time he gives her books to read and all but we knows that pamela is already writes letters to her parents so she is capable enough to read and write. But in a way she is quite innocent that she is not getting in the very first time that someone is in a way abusing her or take an advantage of her, still she is very clear in her words that she wants to be straight forward. now if she was in contemporary time she might not tolerate all these stuffs, she might complained against Mr B. Apart from that we already knows that this is an epistolary novel , the communication between two people are in a letter form but what if this particular novel comes up with contemporary time than so many platforms were probably there in the novel , in a comic way we can say that the novel we may get in social media's talkative form isn't it ...? 

At the end of the novel when Mr B reads Pamela's journal and his heart has been changed , but what if he didn't get her journal and he remains same! And also we find that pamela becomes ready to do marriage with Mr B in just a single letter , her virtues are that much better we can say that , but if she was in contemporary time is that virtues are really appreciated ...!! according to me not so , how can she forget that what Mr B did to her , and if she was in contemporary time than firstly she  went to her parents home and discuss about what she have to do and in a more she tries to know more or in a way we can say that she tries to investigate more about Mr B and later on she take decision to marrying him . Even after knowing that Mr B has a girl child from another she remains same that we find in main novel but if Pamela was in contemporary time she might not tolerate all this . 

According to me if Pamela was in contemporary time she might be aware of all women rights , technology and all , so story might take changes for sure . what do you think about it , just do let me know in the comment section.

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