Evelina: Madame Duval Throughout the novel Evelina, Fanny Burney pushes our belief of a woman's role in "the novel". By using two depraved characters who, we feel, need to be punished for crimes they commit against our heroine, we are asked to question our moral judgement. Through Sir Clement Willoughby, we discover that we easily despise any man who attempts to force himself on our heroine. Any type of ill treatment our heroine receives by the hand of this brutal suitor is to be abominated. However, we realize through the barbaric treatment we see of Madame Duval, that we are compelled to laugh aloud only because of her relationship to Evelina. Fanny Burney knows we desire Madame Du