In Fantomina; or Love in a Maze Eliza Haywood disguises the main character which is a female whom is unnamed and knows that there is no way she could ever be with “Beauplaisir”, the man in which this female character is trying to come to. So within the story Fantomina disguises the female as 4 different woman trying to seduce the man in which she desires. One of the many disguises she uses is a female courtesan, in doing so she actually finds herself enjoying time conversing with Beauplaisir, whom is a wealthy and handsome young man according to Haywood. When this young female is speaking to the man Haywood writes that
“-He was Bold; -he was resolute. She fearful – confused, altogether unprepared to resist in such encounters” describing her fear of exposing who she actually was to Beauplaisir, they head to the house and after a little while this female realizes that Beauplaisir has a desire of sex for her, she attempts to resist and the man just ignores all signs of her protest and rapes the young female. The Beauplaisir is confused afterwards because of her rejection of his money for the interaction. It is here she reveals to the man that this character’s name is “Fantomina”. Beauplaisir eventually gets …show more content…
At this point the reader can infer that the young girl has become attached to Beauplaisir and her curiosity has grown into a sexual desire and a bit of stalking just to maintain her relation with Beauplaisir. The young female now has taken on the name Celia. Beauplaisir is also attracted to her and cannot help but come on to the young female. After they have had their intercourse he felt the need to pay her for what had happened and leaves Celia for Bath after around a