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** A lot of scholars see his escape with Maria Bertram in the Rushworths's garden as a premisce of elopement, or a sexual intercourse. It symbolizes, at least, his willingness to ''almost'' help cheating on Maria's fiance.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Serious scholarly version: Many critics are of the opinion that Mary Crawford is similar to [[Pride and Prejudice|Elizabeth Bennet]]. While both Lizzie and Mary are extroverted, fearless, and independent young women, Lizzie still has moral standards, comprehension and empathy that Mary notably lacks. Lizzie was an affectionate and [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] [[Spirited Young Lady]], whereas Mary is a selfish [[Spirited Young Lady]] with no regard for the happiness of the people around her.

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Sorry, Jane, but some readers still judge Fanny Price and Mary Crawford by their ''first impressions.''

* [[The Scrappy]]: Fanny is the least popular of Austen's heroines - though sometimes competing with [[Persuasion|Anne Elliot]].

* [[Stoic Woobie]]: Fanny

* [[Values Dissonance]]:

** [[Kissing Cousins]] and the infamous [[Unfortunate Implications]].

** Some modern readers take the scene where Mary Crawford first tries to talk Edmund out of joining the clergy as her being [[Obviously Evil]] - assuming that joining the church meant a deep spiritual commitment and Mary was dissing that. However, in Austen's times, the clergy was one of a very few "respectable" professions (the others being law, medicine and the military) open to the younger sons of gentlemen, and so there were a lot of men taking orders less out of a deep religious sentiment than due to it being the best of those limited options.

 

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