Edward Said claimed in his book Culture and Imperialism that the "dead silence" that arises when she asks her uncle about the slave trade in Antigua is representative of British imperialism, while Lionel Trilling described her in The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent as "overtly virtuous and consciously virtuous," claiming that no one has ever thought it possible to like her. Saying that she "cannot act", she refuses the role of Cottager's Wife in Lovers' Vows, although she helps her cousin Edmund and Mary Crawford rehearse their roles. Henry Crawford makes it his goal to "make a hole in [her] heart," but despite his assistance in helping her brother William obtain his commission, he runs off with Maria after this 
Edward Said claimed in his book Culture and Imperialism that the "dead silence" that arises when she asks her uncle about the slave trade in Antigua is representative of British imperialism, while Lionel Trilling described her in The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent as "overtly virtuous and consciously virtuous," claiming that no one has ever thought it possible to like her. Saying that she "cannot act", she refuses the role of Cottager's Wife in Lovers' Vows, although she helps her cousin Edmund and Mary Crawford rehearse their roles. Henry Crawford makes it his goal to "make a hole in [her] heart," but despite his assistance in helping her brother William obtain his commission, he runs off with Maria after this character rejects his proposal. For 10 points, name this Jane Austen heroine, the protagonist of Mansfield Park.
Edward Said claimed in his book Culture and Imperialism that the "dead silence" that arises when she asks her uncle about the slave trade in Antigua is representative of British imperialism, while Lionel Trilling described her in The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent as "overtly virtuous and consciously virtuous," claiming that no one has ever thought it possible to like her.
Fanny Price