【正文】 or expressing her female consciousness. Chapter I. The Image of the Old Orthodox Comic FemaleAt the beginning of Mansfield Park, it recalled that three Miss Ward had grown to marry. For her good looks and seven thousand pounds, Miss Maria Ward married Sir Thomas Bertram and became a baronet’s lady。 while her two sisters were not so lucky as herself: Miss Ward married the village priest, who with a little money, after waiting six years。 Miss Frances got attached to a Lieutenant of Marines, who was no education, no fortune, and no connections.Now different marriages have caused different situations.A. Lady in different life circumstances Different life conditions made them play different roles in life. Superior living women seldom cared about the world and became hedonists。 women in impoverished circumstance had to bee slaves to their family and children.Lazy selfish lady Entering the upperclass, lady Bertram was “a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper remarkably easy and indolent.”2 Due to the advantages of living conditions, she had no need to worry about basic life trivial, which made her get nothing in her mind and never do any thinking. As a mother, she did not show solicitude for her children’s education and marriage. When her husband was at home, she handed these rights and obligations over to her husband and she just teased her pug. When her husband was out of town, she was still lazy lying on the sofa, and put these things to her sister, Mrs. Norris, who liked to worry and perform. That was perfect for on one hand she could be able to go on her casual and fortable life, on the other hand she could also meet her sister’s performance desire. Her older daughter Maria Bertram was at the age of making a match. It was supposed to be her to take her daughter to attend various parties or balls, but she would not go into public with her daughter. “She was too indolent even to accept a mother’s gratification in witnessing their success and enjoyment at the expense of any personal trouble”.3 Her laissezfaire parenting style made the two miss Bertram only got beautiful appearance, but were moral shallowness and taught distorted values, finally could not stand the temptation of the outside world and fallen into the abyss of depravity. As a baronet’s wife, Mrs. Bertram was absolutely submissive to her husband. Her heart was emptiness. She asked her husband’s idea for everything, even playing cards with friends and arranging someone to keep her pany to kill time. In her husband’s career, she has no thought to share his joy and sorrow. When the husband was to travel overseas, she did not want her husband to leave only because she considered her own danger, difficulties and fatigue, not for her husband’s safe and fort. Sir Thomas was not willing to leave their family to her when he left。 because he was well aware of that she could not even handle her own things. When her husband returned from overseas, she was very happy, only at this time did she realize that “how dreadfully she must have missed him and how impossible it would have been for her to bear a lengthened absence”.4As Fanny’s aunt, she did not hesitate to adopt her nine years ago. It definitely had a great relationship with her superior life. Fanny was very grateful to her. She always required Fanny to be with her and was indeed dependent on Fanny. When the young went to visit the Sotherton or gone to the parties and balls, she did not want to move her foot, then asked Fanny to stay with her. It reflected her lazy, as well as her selfish. During the time when Fanny was at Portsmouth, she wrote many letters to show her wish that Fanny could e back to Mansfield Park earlier. However, without her husband’s permission, she did not dare to suggest such thing. When Fanny was going to leave Mansfield Park after she married Edmund, considering her own interests, lady Bertram even hope Fanny do not marry. Fortunately, there is Susan who took her sister’s place to take care of lady Bertram.In Mrs. Bertram’s world, she only cared about herself, other people and things could not have substantial influence on her. She was the perfect example as laziness and selfishness. Living by the cord ladies did not think about anything in upperclass, which reflected that on one hand, male played the lead role in the patriarchal society。 on the other hand, women managed this kind of unfair social reality by using selfparalysis.Smart vanity widow Mrs. Bertram’s sister Miss Ward married Mr. Norris and became Mrs. Norris. With Sir Thomas Bertram’s help, Mr. Norris became the priest in Mansfield Park and had almost one thousand pounds a year, which made them live a good life. In such a bidding documents status, Mrs. Norris presented all her loyalty to the Bertrams and showed her contempt and a sense of superiority to the Prices. Though Mrs. Norris was angry at Mrs. Price’s marriage and ceased their relationship for eleven years, when Mrs. Price wrote to ask for help, she felt a sense of superiority. She felt that she was right to question on Mrs. Price’s choice of marriage. She began to lobby Sir Thomas to help them relieve their burden and her words were full of kindness, decisive and quickwitted. When Sir Thomas agreed to take Fanny, she showed a superior attitude as a giver in front of Fanny. She felt that she should be the first one to meet Fanny, so that she could let Fanny understand she was trusted and esteemed by everyone. Considering that Fanny’s arrival would increase her expenses, she began to excuse rising Fanny for Mr. Norris’s condition was not good and refused Fanny to enter the parsonage. In the case of bringing up Fanny, Mrs. Norris would only trouble her heart, refuse to cost a penny. That reflected a pettybourgeois’ smart and put money in the first place. As far as walking, talking and contriving reached, she was thoroughly benevolent, and nobody knew better how to dictate lib