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* EvilStepmother: Although she's an aunt, she fits this trope. She forbids Fanny from having a fire lit in her room even in winter, tries to prevent Edmund from replacing Fanny's horse (which she rides for health reasons), and belittles her at every opportunity, all in the name of ensuring that Fanny knows her place and is properly grateful for it.




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* WickedStepmother: Although she's an aunt, she fits this trope. She forbids Fanny from having a fire lit in her room even in winter, tries to prevent Edmund from replacing Fanny's horse (which she rides for health reasons), and belittles her at every opportunity, all in the name of ensuring that Fanny knows her place and is properly grateful for it.

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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Seems to be a CharlotteBronte heroine who somehow got lost in a Creator/JaneAusten novel.

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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Seems to be a CharlotteBronte Creator/CharlotteBronte heroine who somehow got lost in a Creator/JaneAusten novel.

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One of Tom's hundred or more "intimate friends". He comes

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One of Tom's hundred or more "intimate friends". He comes
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.

* 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. Less apparent with his other, rowdier siblings.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Whenever he's present, he does his best to look out for Fanny. Less apparent with his other, rowdier siblings.siblings, but they're less in need of it.

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Tom is never in the running as a love interest for Fanny


* TheStoic

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* YouGoGirl

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: When she visits her family in Portsmouth, she's shocked at both the condition of their home and the utter lack of manners inside it, finding that her mother engages in routine ParentalFavoritism and can't manage her children, and her father cares only for Navy news and drink.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Tom and Henry's Veronica.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Tom and Henry's Veronica.



* PygmalionPlot

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* PygmalionPlotPygmalionPlot: Subverted. He's trying to be a Pygmalion to Mary by reshaping her unprincipled attitude, but that doesn't work any better than trying to reform bad ''boys'' in Austen's works.



* SpiritedYoungLady

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* SpiritedYoungLadySpiritedYoungLady: Always free with her opinions and with a lively wit.



* DoggedNiceGuy: He's encouraged to be persistent towards Fanny, no matter how unvarnished her refusals.



* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He really tries to make himself worthy of Fanny, but on discovering that Maria doesn't seem to like him anymore, he starts flirting with ''her'' to the point of an affair.

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* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He really tries to make himself worthy of Fanny, but on discovering that Maria doesn't seem to like him anymore, he starts begins flirting with ''her'' again to the point of assuage his ego and winds up having an affair.affair with her.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She wants Crawford even after he flirts with her and her sister, and then proposes to Fanny.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She wants Crawford even after he flirts with her and her sister, and then proposes to Fanny. So much so that she leaves Rushworth hoping that Crawford will propose to her.



* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Henry Crawford, which ends in disaster.]]

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* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Henry Crawford, which ends in disaster.]]
disaster.



* 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.



* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Edmund's Betty.



* BrainlessBeauty: She never seems to have an original thought in her had.

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* BrainlessBeauty: She never seems to have an original thought in her had.had, relying on Sir Thomas for all of her opinions.



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%%William Price

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%%Mr.!!Mr. Yates

%%William PriceOne of Tom's hundred or more "intimate friends". He comes

* 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: Elopes with Julia. However, there are a number of clues prior to this that they're taking an interest in each other.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Maria and Crawford were already making eyes at each other, but introducing the play scheme took it UpToEleven.

!!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. Less apparent with his other, rowdier siblings.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: He was this to Fanny before she was sent to Mansfield.
* 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 after.

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* {{Bookworm}}

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* {{Bookworm}}{{Bookworm}}: She's filled the manor's old schoolroom with a variety of books, from novels to nonfiction accounts of China.



* {{Determinator}}

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* {{Determinator}}{{Determinator}}: Although she'll bow to nearly any request immediately, she absolutely won't accede to anything against her morals. It's difficult, but she steadfastly refuses the Bertrams' increasingly-angry demands that she participate in the play and, later, marry Henry.



* TheQuietOne
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses

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* TheQuietOne
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses
TheQuietOne: Her opinion is so rarely called for she usually doesn't bother to venture it.



* FishOutOfWater

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* FishOutOfWaterFishOutOfWater: 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.



* HarpOfFemininity

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* HarpOfFemininityHarpOfFemininity: Her instrument of choice, which is described as being as lovely and elegant as she is herself.



* BecomingTheMask: He starts flirting with Fanny because he can't stand a woman not having an opinion of him, but he soon falls genuinely in love.

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



* FishOutOfWater

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* FishOutOfWaterFishOutOfWater: Like his sister, he much prefers city life.



* ClingyJealousGirl

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* ClingyJealousGirlArrangedMarriage: Not formally, but her match to Mr. Rushworth is mostly arranged by his mother and Mrs. Norris pressuring both of them into it.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Not over her actual fiance Rushworth, no; she's competing with her sister over Henry Crawford.



* RichBitch

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* RichBitchRichBitch: 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.



* ClingyJealousGirl

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* ClingyJealousGirlClingyJealousGirl: She wants Henry Crawford too.



* SpoiledBrat

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* SpoiledBrat
SpoiledBrat: Like her sister. Julia throws some excellent, passive-aggressive hissy fits during the novel.




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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: As far as he's concerned, he's got no responsibilities until he eventually inherits.



* ControlFreak: She loves to manage things and habitually takes over all the petty details of whatever scheme is going.



* TheScrooge: Quite miserly. 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.

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* TheScrooge: Quite miserly.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.



* FantasyForbiddingFather: His children rightly predict that he would never allow the play; he shuts it down immediately when he returns just before a rehearsal. (Thanks to some ValuesDissonance he's shown as being correct[[note]]they ''were'' using it as an excuse to flirt and misbehave, but the objection was to a play itself[[/note]], as well as the more reasonable consideration that they had rearranged his own bedroom as the backstage.)



* BrainlessBeauty

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* BrainlessBeautyBrainlessBeauty: She never seems to have an original thought in her had.



* HappilyMarried: She and Sir Thomas do love each other.

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* HappilyMarried: She and Sir Thomas do love each other.other, and she finds herself quite genuinely delighted and animated when Sir Thomas returns from Antigua.



* ParentsAsPeople: She's never malicious and does show some small kindnesses.

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* ParentsAsPeople: She's never malicious and does show some small kindnesses.kindnesses to Fanny.
* ParentalNeglect: Lady Bertram sometimes seems more interested in her dog than her children. She did nothing to instill her daughters with good principles and carelessly overtaxes Fanny to run errands for her.

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%%William Price
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* 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's not even begin to comprehend what others reproach her.]]

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* 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's not even begin to she can't comprehend what why others reproach her.]] her]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With Henry Crawford and then [[spoiler: Yates]]

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With Henry Crawford and then [[spoiler: Yates]]Yates]].
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Seems to be a CharlotteBronte heroine who somehow got lost in a JaneAusten novel.

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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Seems to be a CharlotteBronte heroine who somehow got lost in a JaneAusten Creator/JaneAusten novel.

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* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Guardians]]

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



* BreakTheCutie

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* BreakTheCutieBreakTheCutie: Age ten to eighteen sees Fanny go from a sweet young girl to an ExtremeDoormat thanks to the emotional abuse and neglect she finds at Mansfield.



* SheepInSheepsClothing

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* SheepInSheepsClothingSheepInSheepsClothing: When she rejects Henry's proposal, everyone thinks she's being self-centered and petulant when she has very genuine objections to the match.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: She's very glib and can find a witty comment for every situation. Whether or not it's appropriate is another matter.



* PetTheDog: She does genuinely like Fanny. However, the feeling isn't mutual, and there's a definite emphasis on the ''pet'' part--her attention to Fanny is largely because the Bertram sisters are absent.

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* PetTheDog: She does genuinely like Fanny. However, Fanny and rescues her from a round of Mrs. Norris' verbal abuse when Fanny objects to participating in the feeling isn't mutual, and play, seeing that Fanny is a ShrinkingViolet. But there's a definite an emphasis on ''pet''; while she genuinely likes Fanny, she cultivates a friendship mainly to alleviate boredom when the ''pet'' part--her attention to Fanny is largely because the Bertram sisters are absent.Miss Bertrams have gone.



* ParentalSubstitute: For the Bertram daughters. Their mother is too lazy to bother.

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

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* TheCassandra

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* TheCassandraTheCassandra: 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.



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Edward.
* CinderellaCircumstances

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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Edward.Edmund.
* CinderellaCircumstancesCinderellaCircumstances: 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.)



* ExtremeDoormat

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* ExtremeDoormatExtremeDoormat: She doesn't resent that her wishes and needs are always neglected because she has no concept that they might ever not be.



* HiddenDepths

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* HiddenDepths HiddenDepths: She's able to see the Crawfords' true character and, in fact, has formed a ''contrary opinion'' of them.



* IllGirl
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy

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* IllGirl
IllGirl: Although she doesn't have a specified illness, her constitution is frail in general and she has little endurance.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She's pained by Edmund's love for Mary not as much because ''she'' is in love with him (though that is a consideration), but because Mary and Edmund are so ill-matched.



* PrincessForADay

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* PrincessForADay 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.



* ShesAllGrownUp
* ShrinkingViolet

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* ShesAllGrownUp
ShesAllGrownUp: A parental rather than romantic version; on his return from Antigua, Sir Thomas is impressed with the beauty and character of his niece and doesn't hesitate to talk about it.
* ShrinkingVioletShrinkingViolet: As a result of her treatment, she's extremely hesitant to offer her opinion and hates being the focus of attention.



* TheUnfavorite

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* TheUnfavoriteTheUnfavorite: Mrs. Norris is determined that Fanny knows her place.



* TheIdealist
* InnocentlyInsensitive

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* TheIdealist
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.
* InnocentlyInsensitiveInnocentlyInsensitive: He has no idea that Fanny is in love with him (and how badly she thinks of the Crawfords) while he chatters away about how wonderful Mary is. He also encourages Fanny to marry Henry, not knowing how much she loathes him.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch

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* LivingEmotionalCrutchLivingEmotionalCrutch: Without Edmund's kindness, Fanny would be in an even worse emotional state than she is already.



* OnlySaneMan
* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford, who couldn't be more different from him.
* PreacherMan

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* OnlySaneMan
OnlySaneMan: He's the most responsible and unselfish of the Bertram children
* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford, who couldn't be more different from him.
him. [[spoiler:Subverted, eventually, when he realizes just ''how'' different they are in morals.]]
* PreacherManPreacherMan: He wants to become a clergyman--a common occupation for a second son, but he's sincere about wanting to be a good pastor.



* SexyPriest



* CityMouse

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* CityMouseCityMouse: 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.



* {{Foil}}: To Fanny.

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* {{Foil}}: To Fanny. Sociable and lively, but also selfish and immoral.



* ObliviouslyEvil

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* ObliviouslyEvilObliviouslyEvil: She just doesn't see that her behavior and views are in any way wrong.



* PetTheDog: She does genuinely like Fanny. However, the feeling isn't mutual, and there's a definite emphasis on the ''pet'' part--her attention to Fanny is largely because the Bertram sisters are absent.



* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Fanny/Henry

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* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Fanny/HenryFanny/Henry.



* BecomingTheMask

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* BecomingTheMaskBecomingTheMask: He starts flirting with Fanny because he can't stand a woman not having an opinion of him, but he soon falls genuinely in love.



* TheCasanova

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* TheCasanovaTheCasanova: His main pastime is flirting without any thought to marriage.



* ChickMagnet

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* ChickMagnetChickMagnet: Most women who meet him enjoy his attentions.



* EntitledToHaveYou: He gets his uncle to promote William Price so that Fanny will feel grateful and indebted.



* HopelessSuitor
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Towards Fanny.

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* HopelessSuitor
HopelessSuitor: Fanny is extremely determined not to accept him for most of the book.
* 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 marry her.



* PrinceCharmingWannabe

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* PrinceCharmingWannabePrinceCharmingWannabe: He really tries to make himself worthy of Fanny, but on discovering that Maria doesn't seem to like him anymore, he starts flirting with ''her'' to the point of an affair.



* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart]]

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* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart]]
YourCheatingHeart: She has an affair with Henry Crawford, which ends in disaster.]]



* {{Elopement}}

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



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



* TheHedonist
* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]

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* TheHedonist
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.
* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]
Boy]]: [[spoiler:Takes ill with a fever late in the book.]]



One of Fanny's aunts, Mrs. Norris arranged for Fanny to come to stay at Mansfield Park but treats her badly in order to make sure she knows her place.

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One of Fanny's aunts, Mrs. Norris arranged for Fanny to come to stay at Mansfield Park but treats her badly in order to make sure she knows her place.
place. She's also an inveterate meddler who always involves herself in whatever's going on.

* EvilStepmother: Although she's an aunt, she fits this trope. She forbids Fanny from having a fire lit in her room even in winter, tries to prevent Edmund from replacing Fanny's horse (which she rides for health reasons), and belittles her at every opportunity, all in the name of ensuring that Fanny knows her place and is properly grateful for it.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She and Maria end up living together--the narrator says that each is the other's penance.]]
* ParentalFavoritism: Not only does she knock down Fanny in favor of the Miss Bertrams, Mrs. Norris also puts Maria on a pedestal over Julia.
* ParentalSubstitute: For the Bertram daughters. Their mother is too lazy to bother.
* NeverMyFault: She's the only one in the family who [[spoiler:disavows herself of any blame in Maria's disgrace. Instead, she blames Fanny.]]
* TheScrooge: Quite miserly. 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

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* HappilyMarriedHappilyMarried: To Lady Bertram.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* ParentsAsPeople

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
ItsAllMyFault: Realizes that he was very incorrect in trusting Mrs. Norris with his children at all and in placing wealth over love when it came to marriages for his children.
* ParentsAsPeopleJerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his sternness, he really does love his children and his wife, and he tries to be kind to Fanny when he returns from Antigua.
* 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.



* {{Hypochondria}}
* HappilyMarried
* LazyBum
* ParentsAsPeople

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* {{Hypochondria}}
{{Hypochondria}}: Always making a big deal out of her own health complaints.
* HappilyMarried
HappilyMarried: She and Sir Thomas do love each other.
* LazyBum
LazyBum: She's always described as indolent. It's to the point of ParentalNeglect, leaving Mrs. Norris free reign.
* ParentsAsPeopleParentsAsPeople: She's never malicious and does show some small kindnesses.

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* {{Determinator}}



* HumbleHero

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* HumbleHeroHumbleHero: He seems to be this at first, and while he is ''trying'' to have humble goals and to think of everyone's well-being, he ends up being a bit too sure of his own superiority and righteousness, and being brought down for it.



* 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.



* BitchInSheepsClothing

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* BitchInSheepsClothing 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's not even begin to comprehend what others reproach her.]]



* 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]].



* TheHeart

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* TheHeartTheHeart: 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]]...




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* SympathyForTheDevil: She tries to half-seriously invoke the trope during her ''first'' real conversation with Fanny. It kind of works.
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* GenreSavvy: At the beginning he doesn't want to adopt Fanny for fear of KissingCousins. [[spoiler: He was right.]]


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* PutOnABus: While he's in America, until TheBusCameBack.

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* OnlySaneMan



* ChickMagnet




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* RichBitch
* SpoiledBrat
* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart]]




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* SpoiledBrat




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* TheHedonist
* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]
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* SheepInSheepsClothing

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* BitchInSheepsClothing



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's an utter bitch, but does do some genuinely nice things on occasion.
* ObliviouslyEvil



* TheRival: To Fanny, though she doesn't know it.

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* RichBitch
* TheRival: To Fanny, [[UnknownRival though she doesn't know it.]]
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* HarpOfFemininity
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* DoNotGoGentle
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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* HumbleHero
* TheIdealist
* InnocentlyInsensitive



* LivingEmotionalCrutch



* MoralityChain



* PygmalionPlot




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* ElegantClassicalMusician: She plays the harp and is aware that it is enchanting to some people.



* GoldDigger: Somewhat averted. 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. (But she does hope that Tom will die so that Edmund can inherit the estate.)

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* GoldDigger: Somewhat averted. 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. (But But she does hope that Tom will die so that Edmund can inherit the estate.)
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: This is how he sees his relationship with Fanny for 99 percent of the novel.

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: This is how he sees his relationship with Fanny for 99 percent until the very end of the novel.



* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford who couldn't be more different from him.

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* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford Crawford, who couldn't be more different from him.



* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry and doesn't understand why she refuses his proposal.

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* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry and doesn't understand why she Fanny refuses his Henry's proposal.



* GoldDigger: Somewhat averted. 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.

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* GoldDigger: Somewhat averted. 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. (But she does hope that Tom will die so that Edmund can inherit the estate.)



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

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* TheTrickster: His main motivation in the novel is trolling those around him him: whether it's flirting with both of the Bertram sisters at once to cause trouble trouble, or pursuing Fanny just to break her heart (before falling for her).
her anyway).
* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks 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.



* ShipperOnDeck: She heavily ships Maria/Rushworth and Julia/Henry

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* ShipperOnDeck: She heavily ships Maria/Rushworth very much approves of the relationship between Maria and Julia/Henry
Mr. Rushworth, and badly wants Julia to marry Henry Crawford.



* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry for a while.

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* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry for a while.
wants Fanny to marry Henry Crawford.



* HappilyMarried

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* HappilyMarriedHappilyMarried
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks he's the [[ReformedRakes Reformed Rake]] and LadykillerInLove a typical unrealistic Regency romance novel where LoveRedeems.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks he's the [[ReformedRakes Reformed Rake]] and LadykillerInLove with a girl who's PlayingHardToGet in a typical unrealistic Regency romance novel where LoveRedeems.
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* BornInTheWrongCentruy: Seems to be a CharlotteBronte heroine who somehow got lost in a JaneAusten novel.

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Henry comes to stay at Mansfield Parks 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.

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Henry comes to stay at Mansfield Parks 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.
Fanny because she's the first woman he's ever met who proves immutable to his charms.



* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Towards Fanny.



* LadykillerInLove
* LoveRedeems: That's what he claims.



* ReformedRakes: Averted. He tries.

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* ReformedRakes: Averted. He tries.PrinceCharmingWannabe




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* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks he's the [[ReformedRakes Reformed Rake]] and LadykillerInLove a typical unrealistic Regency romance novel where LoveRedeems.

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* CityMouse



* FishOutOfWater



* GoldDigger: Somewhat averted. 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.



* ALadyOnEachArm: With Maria and Julia.



* TheCasanova
* TheCharmer: While he is short and plain, his charming personality wins him the attention of his romantic conquests.



* FishOutOfWater
* HopelessSuitor



* LadykillerInLove




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* 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).


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* BrainlessBeauty
* TheDitz


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* LazyBum
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Henry Crawford very nearly succeeds in the task.



* {{Foil}}: To Mary.



* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Tom and Henry's Veronica.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Fanny.
* {{Foil}}: To both Tom and Henry in different ways.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: With Tom. Edmund is the responsible one.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: This is how he sees his relationship with Fanny for 99 percent of the novel.
* TheMatchmaker: He tries to help Henry's romance with Fanny along.
* ObliviousToLove: He has no idea Fanny loves him and thinks of her as a sister.
* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Mary Crawford who couldn't be more different from him.
* PreacherMan
* SexyPriest
* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry and doesn't understand why she refuses his proposal.



* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Fanny's Betty.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Foil}}: To Fanny.
* OppositesAttract: With Edmund. Even though he is not at all what she thinks she wants, she can't help but be attracted to him.
* TheRival: To Fanny, though she doesn't know it.
* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Fanny/Henry
* SpiritedYoungLady



* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Edmund's Betty.
* DeadpanSnarker
* 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.
* LoveRedeems: That's what he claims.
* OppositesAttract: He falls in love with Fanny who is his exact opposite.
* ReformedRakes: Averted. He tries.
* TheRival: To Mr. Rushworth, though he initially has no intention of posing a true threat.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She wants Crawford even after he flirts with her and her sister, and then proposes to Fanny.
* ClingyJealousGirl
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Julia. But while Maria is the more beautiful sister, Julia is also attractive, just not as pretty.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With Henry Crawford and then [[spoiler: Yates]]
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Maria.
* ClingyJealousGirl
* {{Elopement}}
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With Maria.



* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Edmund's Betty.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: With Edmund. Tom's the foolish one.



* ShipperOnDeck: She heavily ships Maria/Rushworth and Julia/Henry



* HappilyMarried
* ParentsAsPeople
* ShipperOnDeck: He ships Fanny/Henry for a while.



Another of Fanny's aunts and the wife of Sir Thomas, Lady Bertram is a lazy hypochondriac. She values and depends on Fanny a great deal, but does not mistreat her the way Mrs. Norris does.

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* {{Hypochondria}}
* HappilyMarried
* ParentsAsPeople
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The protagonist of the novel, Fanny Price is the poor relation of the Bertram family, who comes to live with them at a young age and grows up alongside her cousins. While the majority of the family ignore or mistreat her, her cousin Edmund treats her well and she falls in love with him. But he falls in love with a new vivacious neighbor Mary Crawford whose brother pursues Fanny and her female cousins.


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!!Edmund Bertram

The second son of the Bertram family, Edmund is the responsible one between himself and his older brother Tom. He hopes to become a clergyman even though the profession would lessen his chances with Mary Crawford, who he hopes to marry. Edmund is close with Fanny, but oblivious to her feelings for him.

!!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.

!!Henry Crawford

Henry comes to stay at Mansfield Parks 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.

!!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.

!!Julia Bertram

The young 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.

!!Tom Bertram

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

!!Mrs. Norris

One of Fanny's aunts, Mrs. Norris arranged for Fanny to come to stay at Mansfield Park but treats her badly in order to make sure she knows her place.

!!Sir Thomas Bertram

Fanny's uncle by marriage, Sir Thomas is the wealthy owner of Mansfield Park. He is a strict authority figure for his children and his absence for a portion of the story allows them to behave improperly.

!!Lady Bertram

Another of Fanny's aunts and the wife of Sir Thomas, Lady Bertram is a lazy hypochondriac. She values and depends on Fanny a great deal, but does not mistreat her the way Mrs. Norris does.
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* RejectionAffection: When Fanny Price refuses Henry Crawford's marriage proposal, he and her uncle both assume her rejection is not serious and just a sign of her female modesty. He continues pursuing her against her wishes, but with the full support of her family.
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!!Fanny Price
->"''I should have thought that every woman must have felt the possibility of a man's not being approved, not being loved by some one of her sex at least, let him be ever so generally agreeable. Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.''"

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Guardians]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Edmund.
* BookDumb: When she first arrives at Mansfield Park, Fanny knows very little about the arts or humanities.
* {{Bookworm}}
* BreakTheCutie
* TheCassandra
* CharacterDevelopment: Fanny starts to stand up for herself and take the initiative (such as when she helps her sister Susan with her problem with Betsy).
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Edward.
* CinderellaCircumstances
* EmotionlessGirl
* ExtremeDoormat
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards [[TheRival Mary Crawford]].
* HiddenDepths
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: To Henry Crawford.
* IllGirl
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IJustWantToBeLoved[=/=]IJustWantToBeSpecial: Fanny's main goal throughout the book "to be important" or "to be of consequence."
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Fanny suffers the typical "crippling insecurities" and "low-self esteem" of victims of child abuse.
* KissingCousins: With Edmund.
* LoveDodecahedron
* MarryForLove: Fanny is the only young woman in the novel who believes in this, in typical Austen heroine tradition.
* NaiveNewcomer: Fanny in Chapter 2.
* NotSoStoic: Her outbursts surprise people all the more for being so few and far between.
* OnlySaneMan: Fanny after Edmund falls victim to LoveMakesYouCrazy.
* PrincessForADay
* TheQuietOne
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses
* ShesAllGrownUp
* ShrinkingViolet
* TheStoic
* TheUnfavorite
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: To Edmund.
* YouGoGirl

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