For example, when Moll decided to let Robin take liberties with her, she admitted self-annihilation. “… I finished my own destruction at once… being forsaken of my virtue and my modesty, I had nothing of value left to recommend me, either to God’s blessing on man’s assistance”. As Moll was contemplating Robin’s true feelings for her, she commented about how proud she was of the money she had received as his mistress. “As for the gold, I spent whole hours in looking upon it; I told the guineas over a thousand times a day”. Moll had decided that marriage does not really matter, as long as she has enough money. She allowed Robin’s kind words and offerings of gold to suffice her greediness and destroy her character. “I had a most unbounded stock of vanity and pride, and but very little stock of virtue… but thought of nothing but the fine words and the gold”. Moll allowed her morals to disintegrate while trying to fulfill her need for money. Moll’s prostitution, thievery, and periods of moral degeneration play a major role in developing the theme of greed in Moll Flanders.
An important theme of Moll Flanders is vanity. Growing up, Moll was constantly being told how pretty she was. Most of Moll’s actions in the story are almost always a result of her vanity. She was also easily seduced because she thought any man could fall in love with her because she was so