human nature and of the need for control of sexuality in "Jospeh Andrews" by Henry Fielding

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…ll the reader a moral that one should contain himself and not to let his natural desire be fulfilled through little pleasures. Through the sexual advances made on Joseph and Fanny, this desire for them by the other characters tells the reader not to become so barbaric. Through the stories of Leonora and Mr. Wilson, the moral reason is not lose their solf control just because somebody is attractive and they want a quick thrill.