History Characters / MansfieldPark

* HateSink: She is probably one of the most hated characters in the entire work of Jane Austen. But she was pretty hated in-universe too. After she was "exiled" to live with Maria by the end of the book, nobody in Mansfield missed her and were pretty happy that she was finally gone,

* IgnoredEpiphany: He makes an effort to adjust his own scruples and grow a sense of responsibility, which he had notably lacked, in order to win Fanny's approval. But when he goes back into company with his London friends and finds Maria indifferent to him, he tosses it all out to try and win her affections and save his own sense of pride.

* OnlySaneMan: He's the most responsible and unselfish of the Bertram children, tries to keep his sisters in line, and is the only one to always remember that Fanny is a person rather than a convenience.

* AlwaysSecondBest: To Maria. Julia has always been the second-prettiest younger sister to Maria's society beauty, and even though Maria is engaged, Henry quickly singles her out as the favorite sister. The LemonyNarrator says that in the end, though, this turns out to actually be ''good'' for her; unlike her sister, who's used to getting everything she wants, Julia has been disappointed enough for Henry's snub of her to stick.

* {{Elopement}}: She runs off with Mr. Yates after her older sister's affair becomes public. It works out all right in the end.

* AlwaysSecondBest: To Maria. Julia has always been the second-prettiest younger sister to Maria's society beauty.

* ParentsAsPeople: He tries to correct Mrs. Norris' overindulgence by being stern. This only makes his kids resent him and behave more wildly when he's not around. He also gets very angry at Fanny for refusing Henry Crawford. It's noted that someone who was willing to marry a daughter to Mr. Rushworth can't be expected to have any romantic sensibilities.

* LastMinuteHookup: He elopes with Julia. However, there are a number of clues prior to this that they're taking an interest in each other.

* FamilyValuesVillain: She seems to be this when she claims to be utterly horrified at the thought of what Henry and Maria]] did. [[SubvertedTrope Because it]] will utterly [[GoodBadGirl ruin their reputation in society, and [[DoubleSubverted make her life much more difficult]].

* FreudianExcuse: Edmund keeps insisting that her character flaws are all the result of being raised by a philandering uncle and an aunt who was not at all happy about the philandering, as well as the bad influences of her high-society friends. While there is probably truth to this, that doesn't at all ''excuse'' the harm that she causes or supports.

* PetTheDog: She rescues Fanny from a round of Mrs. Norris' verbal abuse when Fanny objects to participating in the play, seeing that Fanny is a ShrinkingViolet. But there's an emphasis on ''pet''; while she genuinely likes Fanny, she cultivates a friendship mainly to alleviate boredom when the Miss Bertrams have gone.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not evil and is capable of doing good things for others. He just also enjoys screwing with people and can't help giving in to temptation.

* IllGirl: Although she doesn't have a specified illness, her constitution is frail in general and she has little endurance. She grows stronger as the story progresses, but relapses when she doesn't take proper care of herself.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Maria and Crawford were already making eyes at each other, but introducing the play scheme took it UpToEleven.

[[folder: Mary Crawford]]

Mary comes to Mansfield Park with her brother Henry to stay at the parsonage with her half-sister Mrs. Grant. Ambitious, mischievous, and worldly, she immediately sets her sights on marrying Tom Bertram. But she soon finds that she prefers Edmund even though he is the younger of the brothers and will not inherit the estate.

* AccompliceByInaction: Part of the reason why Edmund (and many readers) never understand how flawed she starts out and why Fanny at first despises her is that she doesn't actually ''do'' anything nefarious. She just sits back and lets others do whatever they want, seemingly uncaring as long as it doesn't affect her own comfort.
* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Fanny's Betty.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: A strange example, as she seems conscious of it and willing to change. This is actually just a flirt tactic. She's ready to make efforts which will be mutually beneficial by toning down her pettiness, but she can't comprehend why others reproach her.
* CityMouse: She much prefers city to country and was worried that the parsonage would be too much a step down, though she likes it well enough when she arrives.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's very glib and can find a witty comment for every situation. Whether or not it's appropriate is another matter.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: She plays the harp and is aware that it is enchanting to some people. The harp was an especially useful instrument for ladies because the harp allowed them to show off their figure rather than hiding most of it behind a piano.
* FamilyValuesVillain: She seems to be this when she claims to be utterly horrified at the thought of what Henry and Maria]] did. [[SubvertedTrope Because it]] will utterly [[GoodBadGirl ruin their reputation in society, and [[DoubleSubverted make her life much more difficult]].
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: The denouement mentions that although Mary continued to enjoy the glittering social life of Bath and London with her sister, she remained unmarried for many years because none of the coxcombs in that set interested her after Edmund.
* FishOutOfWater: She knows nothing of country life and recounts how ''unreasonable'' the locals are for not hiring out a horse to her during the middle of harvest season.
* {{Foil}}: To Fanny. Sociable and lively, but also selfish and immoral.
* FreudianExcuse: Edmund keeps insisting that her character flaws are all the result of being raised by a philandering uncle and an aunt who was not at all happy about the philandering, as well as the bad influences of her high-society friends. While there is probably truth to this, that doesn't at all ''excuse'' the harm that she causes or supports.
* GoldDigger: She initially sets her sights on Tom because he is the older son and will inherit more. But then she falls in love with Edmund, the younger son who will not get nearly as much. So she hopes that Tom will die so that Edmund can inherit the estate.
* HarpOfFemininity: Her instrument of choice, which is described as being as lovely and elegant as she is herself.
* TheHeart: She seems to be this for Mansfield Park's youth, encouraging everyone (mostly her brother) to [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil make compromises]] [[ToxicFriendInfluence with others]] and trying to promote [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom peace]] and [[FamilyValuesVillain friendly]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing behavior]]. Her rather ''comfortable'' ForHappiness morality turns this concept into being [[AccompliceByInaction an enabler for hedonists, abusive guardians, manipulative mercenary friends, and a few other things]]...
* IWantMyBelovedToBeFashionable: How she regards Edmund. She can't stand the thought of marrying a clergyman, but she also can't help her feelings for him, so she hopes to get him into a different profession.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's an utter bitch, but does do some genuinely nice things on occasion. Half the time she's nicer to Fanny than either Maria or Julia.
* ObliviouslyEvil: She just doesn't see that her behavior and views are in any way wrong; as far as she's concerned, it's perfectly natural to wish Tom Bertram dead so Edmund can inherit.
* OppositesAttract: With Edmund. She would never have thought of falling in love with a second son bound for the clergy, and he never thought of a playful socialite, but she can't help but be attracted to him anyway.
* PetTheDog: She rescues Fanny from a round of Mrs. Norris' verbal abuse when Fanny objects to participating in the play, seeing that Fanny is a ShrinkingViolet. But there's an emphasis on ''pet''; while she genuinely likes Fanny, she cultivates a friendship mainly to alleviate boredom when the Miss Bertrams have gone.
* RichBitch: She's a very wealthy young woman. Her dowry is 20 thousand pounds. And she puts great emphasis on being rich and appearances.
* ShipperOnDeck: When Henry announces his intent to marry Fanny, Mary approves wholeheartedly because she thinks a modest, moral creature like Fanny is just what he needs.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Always free with her opinions and with a lively wit.
* SympathyForTheDevil: She tries to half-seriously invoke the trope during her ''first'' real conversation with Fanny. It kind of works.
* UnknownRival: She has no idea that Fanny is in love with Edmund and continually causes unintentional pain by discussing her own internal debate on her conflicted feelings for him.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Mary has lively dark eyes that are often described as bright and they become even brighter if Mary is animated.

[[folder: Henry Crawford]]

Henry comes to stay at Mansfield Park's parsonage with his sister Mary. Though he has no intention of marrying either of them, he immediately begins a flirtation with both of the Bertram sisters, Maria and Julia, despite Maria's engagement. They both fall in love with him, but he finds that he prefers Fanny because she's the first woman he's ever met who proves immutable to his charms.

* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Edmund's Betty.
* TheCasanova: His main pastime is flirting without any thought to marriage.
* TheCharmer: While he is short and plain, his charming personality wins him the attention of his romantic conquests.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DoggedNiceGuy: He's encouraged to be persistent towards Fanny, no matter how unvarnished her refusals.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He gets his uncle to promote William Price so that Fanny will feel grateful and indebted. Note that his only exertion in doing so was going up to his uncle and saying "could you promote this kid for me," but he still considers it sufficient proof of his affection to think that Fanny ''must'' accept him for it.
* FishOutOfWater: Like his sister, he much prefers city life.
* HopelessSuitor: Fanny is extremely determined not to accept him for most of the book.
* IdleRich: His life's work is to amuse himself. Although he finds himself envious of William Price's life of adventure, he decides that the money and independence he's already got will have to console him. He only starts being responsible about the management of his estate and his tenants' welfare when he's trying to impress Fanny about what a good person he is now.
* IgnoredEpiphany: He makes an effort to adjust his own scruples and grow a sense of responsibility, which he had notably lacked, in order to win Fanny's approval. But when he goes back into company with his London friends and finds Maria indifferent to him, he tosses it all out to try and win her affections and save his own sense of pride.
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Towards Fanny. At first he just wants to "make a hole in her heart" to reassure himself that he can ''any'' woman love him, but soon he's trying to figure out how he can actually convince her to marry him.
* IntentionalHeartbreaker: His modus operandi. Henry Crawford happily flirts with any single lady of his acquaintance while he never means to be serious and never means to get married. His sister Mary mentions a string of her intimate friends whose hearts Henry broke. He "courts" sisters Maria and Julia Bertram both at once, but soon zooms in on Maria because she is already engaged and so it's a bigger challenge, and he apparently enjoys messing with people's emotions. Later when Fanny Price is the only unmarried young woman in Mansfield, he specifically says to Mary that he decided to make her fall in love with him and "make a hole in her heart". She proves immune to his charm because she remembers how he treated her cousins Maria and Julia, and the cad falls in love with Fanny for real.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not evil and is capable of doing good things for others. He just also enjoys screwing with people and can't help giving in to temptation.
* KavorkaMan: Although he isn't ugly, he's described as being very plain, not tall, and not a man women would look at twice. But he's so witty and charming that most ladies convince themselves that he actually is quite handsome after all.
* OppositesAttract: He, a pleasure-seeking rake with an independent fortune, falls in love with Fanny, a shy but highly principled ward of wealthy relatives.
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He really tries to make himself worthy of Fanny, but on discovering that Maria doesn't seem to like him anymore, he begins flirting with ''her'' again to assuage his ego and winds up having an affair with her.
* TheRival: To Mr. Rushworth, though he initially has no intention of posing a true threat.
* TheTrickster: His main motivation in the novel is trolling those around him: whether it's flirting with both of the Bertram sisters at once to cause trouble, or pursuing Fanny just to break her heart (before falling for her anyway).

[[folder: Maria Bertram]]

The older of the Bertram sisters, Maria becomes engaged to marry her neighbor Mr. Rushworth. But after Henry Crawford comes to Mansfield Park, she and her younger sister soon become enamored with him.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She wants Crawford even after he flirts with ''both'' her and her sister, and then proposes to Fanny. So much so that she leaves Rushworth hoping that Crawford will propose to her.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Maria spends much of her engagement trying to minimise contact with Rushworth and his mother. It's not surprising, then, that the importance and wealth of the match doesn't make up for the odiousness of living under the same roof as them.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her match with Mr. Rushworth comes about because Mrs. Norris and Mrs. Rushworth think it would be a fine thing, not because Maria has any real liking for him. She goes along with it because she wants the wealth and consequence that being mistress of Rushworth's estate would bring.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Not over her actual fiancé Rushworth, no; she's competing with her sister over Henry Crawford.
* GildedCage: Regards Mansfield Park as such, especially when her overbearing father is in residence. She believes marrying Rushworth will give her the independence she craves by removing her from Sir Thomas' eye and allowing her to access the glittering social life and consequence in London. Unfortunately, she learns that living with a dull-witted husband and an overbearing mother-in-law is no improvement. In the end, she is trapped in an even closer cage when she is exiled to a rural cottage by her father over her transgression with Crawford.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Julia. But while Maria is the more beautiful sister, Julia is also attractive, just not as pretty.
* GoldDigger: She marries Rushworth to become mistress of his wealthy estate. During her engagement, she ignores Rushworth himself as much as she can but encourages conversation about the grandeur of Sotherton.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: The baronet Bertrams aren't anything close to poor, but they do have to be careful with their finances. Marrying Rushworth makes Maria much wealthier than her father, and that is a strong motive for her to marry.
* RichBitch: She's had enough upbringing for the semblance of fine manners, but she's been so spoiled by Mrs. Norris that she's completely self-centered.
* SpoiledBrat: Thanks to Mrs. Norris constantly putting her on a pedestal as a child, Maria grows up to rate her own sense of importance and pleasure more than anything else. Despite having proper manners, she feels very much entitled to have things her own way.

[[folder: Julia Bertram]]

The younger of the Bertram sisters, Julia hopes to become engaged to Henry Crawford, but finds that she must vie for his affections with her sister and then Fanny Price.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With Henry Crawford and then Yates.
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Maria. Julia has always been the second-prettiest younger sister to Maria's society beauty.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She sees herself as entitled to Henry Crawford's affections. After all, Maria is engaged, so Julia feels herself the natural choice for Crawford to flirt with and eventually propose to. She's incredibly unhappy when she realizes this isn't the case.
* {{Elopement}}: She runs off with Mr. Yates after her older sister's affair becomes public. It works out all right in the end.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Julia usually gets along fine with Maria, but when they find themselves competing for Henry's attention, Julia becomes very frosty towards her. Their relationship improves after he leaves and Maria realizes he was never serious about his attentions.
* PetTheDog: When Mrs Norris accuses Fanny of wasting her evening sitting on the sofa, Julia is quick to point out the poor girl doesn't get many chances to rest.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When she hears Crawford is coming to town, she quickly arranges a visit with some other cousins to avoid him. And when news of Maria's affair breaks, Julia elopes with Yates in part to avoid the ensuing shitstorm.
* SpoiledBrat: Like her sister; Julia throws some excellent, passive-aggressive hissy fits during the novel.
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[[folder: Tom Bertram]]

The oldest of the Bertram siblings, he is irresponsible and reckless. He serves as a foil to Edmund.

* CharacterDevelopment: After his illness and Maria's disgrace, Tom realizes how destructive his behavior is and shapes up.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: With Edmund. Tom's the foolish one, although he improves dramatically after his illness.
* TheGamblingAddict: So much so that his debts force Edmund to put off taking the parsonage so that Sir Thomas can sell the living to someone else.
* TheHedonist: His main activity is enjoying himself however he can and hanging out with a gang of equally-minded young men.
* IdleRich: Tom's primary activity as heir to his father's title and estate is to entertain himself and his friends as much as his finances will allow (or indeed, in excess of that). Most of the actual ''responsibilities'', such as dealing with household workers and finances, are carried out by Edmund.
* PersonalHorror: When he gets a bad fever on a trip with his friends, they all ditch him to continue pursuing their own entertainment and leave him to find his own way back home, which results in him nearly dying. Being abandoned by his buddies and the serious brush with mortality leave Tom severely shaken.
* PetTheDog: It’s briefly mentioned that, at least when they were younger, Tom was the only other member of the Bertram family besides Edmund that went out of his way to be kind to Fanny, i.e. giving her presents and generally being amused by her rather than annoyed or perplexed. Many of the items in her attic rooms are old gifts from him.
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[[folder: Mr. Yates]]

One of Tom's hundred or more "intimate friends". He's brought fresh from a cancelled amateur production of ''Lover's Vows'' and introduces the idea of theatricals to Mansfield around the same time as the Crawfords arrive. This leads to a whole host of troubles.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: He's the only person besides Fanny who seems at all bothered by Julia being left out or who is concerned about her feelings.
* IdleRich: He is styled the "Honorable Mr. Yates", but much like Tom, fills his days with idle amusements such as betting on horses and amateur theatricals.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The previous attempt at ''Lover's Vows'' was scrapped due to a death in the family. Yates bemoans that the old woman couldn't hang on for just a few more days, then that she was "only a grandmother" and didn't warrant the degree of mourning that was given her.
* LargeHam: His main requirement for acting is that he be given a part that allows for a lot of loud ranting. (Sir Thomas runs into him in full flow.)
* LastMinuteHookup: He elopes with Julia. However, there are a number of clues prior to this that they're taking an interest in each other.
* MeaningfulName: He shares his surname with a contemporary actress who was known for her tragic roles; the Baron, Yates' role in the play, is one of the two tragic characters.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Maria and Crawford were already making eyes at each other, but introducing the play scheme took it UpToEleven.

[[folder: William Price]]

Fanny's beloved brother who was sent to be a midshipman in the Navy at around the same time Fanny was brought to Mansfield.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Whenever he's present, he does his best to look out for Fanny and recognizes that she's more delicate in constitution than their other, rowdier siblings.
* GoodLookingPrivates: William is promoted from Midshipman to Lieutenant and is happy that his sister, whom he adores, gets to see him in his brand new uniform. He looks fabulous in it.
-->''"He, complete in his lieutenant's uniform, looking and moving all the taller, firmer, and more graceful for it, and with the happiest smile over his face, walked up directly to Fanny, who, rising from her seat, looked at him for a moment in speechless admiration, and then threw her arms round his neck to sob out her various emotions of pain and pleasure."''
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He was this to Fanny before she was sent to Mansfield. She's much happier and more confident when he's around.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He's the eldest of the nine Price children.
* PluckyMiddie: It's largely offscreen, but he certainly has the disposition you'd expect and regales the Bertrams with numerous tales of adventure when he visits.
* ThePollyanna: He's disposed to approve of everyone he meets and everything he tries at Mansfield--the only fly in his ointment is not being made Lieutenant yet, but that's solved soon enough.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Referenced whenever he's talking of his ambitions. Every path towards advancement he envisions seems to involve the first lieutenant dying so that William can take charge heroically and achieve distinction.

* TheIdealist: When Fanny eventually spells out why she dislikes the Crawfords, Edmund dismisses their faults as minor character defects that can be improved by better society.

* PetTheDog: She does genuinely like Fanny and rescues her from a round of Mrs. Norris' verbal abuse when Fanny objects to participating in the play, seeing that Fanny is a ShrinkingViolet. But there's an emphasis on ''pet''; while she genuinely likes Fanny, she cultivates a friendship mainly to alleviate boredom when the Miss Bertrams have gone.

* TheRival: To Fanny, [[UnknownRival though she doesn't know it.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Fanny/Henry.

* SpoiledBrat

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Julia usually gets along fine with Maria, but when they find themselves competing for Henry's attention, Julia becomes very frosty towards her.

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: He almost dies from a terrible fever.

* ParentalSubstitute: For the Bertram daughters, with very bad results. Their mother is too lazy to bother.

* GildedCage: Regards Mansfield Park as such, especially when her overbearing father is in residence. She believes marrying Rushworth will give her the independence she craves by removing her from Sir Thomas' eye and allowing her to access the glittering social life and consequence in London. Unfortunately, she learns that living with a dull-witted husband and an overbearing mother-in-law is no improvement.

* GoldDigger: She marries Rushworth to become mistress of his wealthy estate. During her engagement, she has no time for Rushworth but loves to hear Sotherton praised and talked of.

* LaserGuidedKarma: She and Maria end up living together -- the narrator says that each is the other's penance.

* TheScrooge: She never spends any money if she can help it. And every time she visits someone else's house, she always makes sure she's gifted something (e.g. cloth or cheese)--at the Park she just takes it.

* HappilyMarried: To Lady Bertram.

* PetTheDog: Sir Thomas reveals himself as an admirable character when he offers to break off Maria's engagement to Mr. Rushworth simply because he can see she does not love him. He also grows very fond of Fanny and treats her with more consideration than he ever did when she was a child, including overriding Mrs. Norris's order that she gets no fire in her room.

* BookDumb: Yes-no. She's received the education a proper lady should have. It's just totally inadequate for situations beyond afternoon tea, drawing room evenings, theatre outings, the social side of hunts and balls. Forget "how to bring up kids and run a household".

* ItsAllAboutMe: The previous attempt at ''Lover's Vows'' was scrapped due to a death in the family. Yates bemoans that the old woman couldn't hang on for just a few more days, then that the degree of mourning wasn't enough to warrant the play's cancellation.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Whenever he's present, he does his best to look out for Fanny and recognizes that she's more delicate in constitution than his other, rowdier siblings.

* TheCassandra: She sees how flirty Henry Crawford and self-centered Mary Crawford is, but the Bertrams are too taken with both of them to pay her any attention.

* CoolBigSis: When visiting home, she becomes this to Susan.

* TheUnfavorite: Mrs. Norris is determined that Fanny knows her place. She adores her other nieces and nephews, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram's children, and convinces them to give Fanny a new home, and then tries to degrade her at every opportunity.

* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford, who couldn't be more different from him. [[spoiler:Subverted, eventually, when he realizes just ''how'' different they are in morals.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: A strange example, as she seems conscious of it and willing to change. [[spoiler: This is actually just a flirt tactic. She's ready to make efforts which will be mutually beneficial by toning down her pettiness, but she can't comprehend why others reproach her.]]

* ElegantClassicalMusician: She plays the harp and is aware that it is enchanting to some people.
* FamilyValuesVillain: She seems to be this when she claims to be utterly horrified at the thought of what [[spoiler: Henry and Maria]] did. [[SubvertedTrope Because it]] will utterly [[GoodBadGirl ruin their reputation in society]], and [[DoubleSubverted make her life much more difficult]].

* OppositesAttract: With Edmund. Even though he is not at all what she thinks she wants, she can't help but be attracted to him.

* BecomingTheMask: He starts flirting with Fanny because he can't stand the idea of a woman being indifferent to him, but he soon falls genuinely in love.

* ChickMagnet: Most women who meet him enjoy his attentions.
* DeadpanSnarker

* IdleRich: His life's work is to amuse himself. Although he finds himself envious of William Price's life of adventure and eagerly ''talks'' about plans, but decides that the money and independence he's already got will have to console him. He only starts being responsible about the management of his estate and his tenants' welfare when he's trying to impress Fanny about what a good person he is now.

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Towards Fanny. At first it's so he can gratify his ego and be assured he can make ''any'' woman love him, but soon he's trying to figure out how he can actually convince her to marry him.

* ALadyOnEachArm: With Maria and Julia.
* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Fanny who is his exact opposite.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He ''thinks'' he's the {{Reformed Rake|s}} and LadykillerInLove with a girl who's PlayingHardToGet in a typical unrealistic Regency romance novel where LoveRedeems. Boy, how wrong he is.

* AlwaysSecondBest: To Maria.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Maria.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:After his illness and Maria's disgrace, Tom realizes how destructive his behavior is and shapes up.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She and Maria end up living together -- the narrator says that each is the other's penance.]]

* NeverMyFault: She's the only one in the family who [[spoiler:disavows herself of any blame in Maria's disgrace. Instead, she blames Fanny.]]

* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Even though fostering Fanny was her idea, she goes out of her way to demonize Fanny and blame her for everything that goes wrong. [[spoiler:This includes Maria and Henry's affair.]]

* KickTheDog: Apart from her ill-treatment of Fanny, Mrs Norris also berates the son of a family employee for taking scrap lumber (such leftovers from the main house were usually an accepted perk of people who worked for them).

* KickTheDog: Apart from her ill-treatment of Fanny, Mrs Norris also berates the son of a family employee for taking scrap lumber (such leftovers from the main house were usually an accepted prerequisite of people who worked for them).

* AbusiveParents: Abusive Guardians. Mrs. Norris most obviously; the Bertram parents aren't malicious, but they are emotionally neglectful.

* LoveDodecahedron: Fanny loves Edmund. Edmund loves Mary. Mary wants to love Tom, but loves Edmund. Henry flirts with Maria and Julia, but loves Fanny. Maria loves Henry, but marries Rushworth. Yates loves Julia.

* NatureLover: Fanny loves nature and often gushes how gorgeous plants or trees are. She also loves star-gazing. She was somewhat sickly as a child, and other characters often advise her to go outside for a walk or to go horseback riding because it's good her health and well-being. When Fanny stays with her family in Portsmouth, she is sorry to "lose all the pleasures of spring" as she spends the time in a town and a confined, noisy house with bad air.

* PrincessForADay: At the ball that Sir Thomas holds for her coming out (although she doesn't realize that's what it's for). For the first time Fanny is dolled up as well as her cousins and the focus of approval.

** In both this and the above, it's made worse by Fanny's sense of worth being practically nonexistent. She doesn't think she has the right to even ask to go somewhere in accordance with her wishes, and the other Betrams are too self-centered to think of asking her in turn.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He agrees to take part in "Lover's Vows" when Yates starts talking about finding a friend of a friend to fill the role opposite Mary Crawford's, so that she won't have to act romantic scenes with a stranger . He's well aware of it and laments that his siblings are going to exult over it after his previous strident protests.

Mary comes to Mansfield Park with her brother, Henry, to stay at the parsonage with her half-sister Mrs. Grant. Ambitious, mischievous, and worldly, she immediately sets her sights on marrying Tom Bertram. But she soon finds that she prefers Edmund even though he is the younger of the brothers and will not inherit the estate.

* TheHeart: She seems to be this for Mansfield Park's youth, encouraging everyone (mostly her brother) to [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil make compromises]] [[ToxicFriendInfluence with others]] and trying to promote [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom peace]] and [[FamilyValuesVillain friendly]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing behavior]]. Her rather ''comfortable'' ForHappiness morality turns this concept into being [[AccompliceByInaction an enabler for hedonists, abusive guardians, manipulative mercenary friends and a few other things]]...

Henry comes to stay at Mansfield Park's parsonage with with his sister, Mary. Though he has no intention of marrying either of them, he immediately begins a flirtation with both of the Bertram sisters, Maria and Julia, despite Maria's engagement. They both fall in love with him, but he finds that he prefers Fanny because she's the first woman he's ever met who proves immutable to his charms.

* EntitledToHaveYou: He gets his uncle to promote William Price so that Fanny will feel grateful and indebted. Note that his only exertion in doing so was going up to his uncle and saying "could you promote this kid for me," but he still considers it a sufficient proof of his affection to think that Fanny ''must'' accept him for it.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He ''thinks'' he's the [[ReformedRakes Reformed Rake]] and LadykillerInLove with a girl who's PlayingHardToGet in a typical unrealistic Regency romance novel where LoveRedeems.

* GildedCage: Regards Mansfield Park as such, especially when her overbearing father is in residence. She believes marrying Rushworth will give her the independence she craves by removing her from Sir Thomas' eye and allowing her to access the glittering social life and consequence in London. Unfortunately, she learns that living with a dullwitted husband and an overbearing mother-in-law is no improvement.

* GoldDigger: She marries Rushworth to become mistress of his wealthy estate. During her engagement, she has no time for Rushworth, but loves to hear Sotherton praised and talked of.

* KickTheDog: Apart from her ill-treatment of Fanny, Mrs Norris also berates the son of a family employee for taking scrap lumber (such leftovers from the main house were usually an accepted perquisite of people who worked for them).
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She and Maria end up living together--the narrator says that each is the other's penance.]]

* PetTheDog: Sir Thomas reveals himself as an admirable character when he offers to break off Maria's engagement to Mr. Rushworth simply because he can see she does not love him. He also grows very fond of Fanny and treats her with more consideration than he ever did when she was a child, including overriding Mrs. Norris's order that she get no fire in her room.

* TheBore: He's not malicious; in fact he's rather friendly and good-natured. He's just very dull, and thus can't compete with the clever flirt Henry Crawford, not where Maria is concerned.

* IJustWantToBeLoved[=/=]IJustWantToBeSpecial: Fanny's main goal throughout the book "to be important" or "to be of consequence."

* CinderellaCircumstances: She's a poor, virtuous girl who's made the servant of two aunts who either don't pay attention to her welfare or try to actively undermine it. (Although Fanny's not scrubbing floors, she's given little time to herself and her strength is regularly overtaxed, once nearly to heat exhaustion.)

* ParentsAsPeople: He tries to correct Mrs. Norris' overindulgence by being stern. This only makes his kids resent him and behave more wildly when he's not around. He also gets very angry at Fanny for refusing Henry Crawford.