Virtuousness

Virtuousness

See also Honesty, Righteousness.

Amelia

faithful wife of William Booth, often in debtors’ prison, saved by her purity from the men who prey upon her. [Br. Lit.: Amelia]

Andrews, Pamela

servant who, despite threats, attempted seduction, and imprisonment by her master, remains chaste till their marriage. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Pamela]

Andromache

thinks only of family; rejects king’s advances. [Fr. Lit.: Andromache]

Apostrophia

epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “rejecter of sinful passion.” [Gk. Myth.: Misc.]

Christian

John Bunyan’s virtuous, well-traveled hero. [Br. Lit.: Pilgrim’s Progress]

Erlynne, Mrs.

gains socially admirable title of “good woman.” [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490]

Galahad, Sir

noblest and purest knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Guyon, Sir

embodiment of virtuous self-control. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]

Marina

“a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles]

Nickleby, Kate

pure-minded sister of Nicholas; repulses all advances. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]

Pamela

sweet maidservant who chastely repels disgraceful advances, marries her aristocratic pursuer, and attempts to reform him. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Pamela]

Susanna

rejects advances of elderly men. [Apocrypha: Susanna]

Thirty-Six Righteous Men

the minimum number of anonymous individuals in each generation believed to have the virtues and humility to which the world owes its continued existence. [Jew. Legend: Encyclopedia Judaica,X, 1367]

Tuesday’s child

full of grace. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309]

Wilkes, Melanie

virtuous, long-suffering wife of Ashley. [Am. Lit.: Gone With the Wind]