The Character of Mary Crawford It can be useful to examine the values and ideas of a novel through the character and portrayal of one character. Mary Crawford is a character central to the themes and events of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. At all significant points in the play, barring only Fanny’s rescue from her parents, she is either present or involved. Through such a character, a great deal about the morality and …showed first 75 words of 1824 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1824 total…code in order to provoke the same feelings in a modern audience that were felt by the original. It can then be supposed that Mary Crawford is not only a literary character responsible for the prolonging of Fanny’s agony, but represents one of little morality in both cultures. Through Mary, then, it is possible to examine why and how literary characters must be changed to suit the moral context to which they are aimed.