Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews In Fielding’s Joseph Andrews you see a variety of characters. They range from the shallow, vain and proud characters like Lady Booby and Mrs. Slipslop to the innocent, sincere, and virtuous like Joseph and Fanny. The presence of Lady Booby, and all of the people like her that are portrayed in the same selfish and dishonest way, bring out the importance of the clergy. Most of the clergy that we meet in …

…He gave Joseph and Fanny moral guidance any time they needed it and he puts his principals of charity into practice. “Now, there is no Command more express, no Duty more frequently enjoined than Charity. Whoever therefore is void of Charity, I make no scruple of pronouncing that he is no Christian.” (185). In Fielding’s mind the role for the proper clergyman is to be honest, give moral guidance, and at all times be charitable.