Seduction
Fielding does not try to obfuscate who is doing the seduction. He has Mrs. Jervis tell Shamela, "I will at first counterfeit Sleep, and after a Swoon; so that he will have you naked in his Possession" (17). This image is certainly one that Parson Oliver would object to as being lascivious, for it blatantly suggests a naked Shamela about to be ravished by the Squire.
Great Lady
Shamela does not just want to be the Squire's mistress—she wants to be his wife. It is not for love, though, as she says in a letter, "I shall be Mrs Booby, and be Mistress of a great Estate, and have a dozen Coaches and Six, and a fine House at London, and another at Bath, and Servants, and Jewels, and Plate, and go to Plays, and Court" (24-25). This image is of material abundance; it is all the trappings of a great lady, and it comes across as ironic in that Shamela is far from being "great."
Parson and Squire
Shamela says of the imminent journey to London, "O! What a charming Journey I shall have; for I hope to keep the dear Man in the Chariot with me all the way; and that foolish Booby...will ride on Horseback" (40). This image obviously shows what this specific journey will be like, but it is also an image that works on a macro level because it shows what Shamela's ideal situation is with these two men.
Shamela's "Suicide"
In order to get attention, Shamela pretends to drown herself: "They searched all the likeliest Places they could think of for me, and at last saw my Petticoat floating in the Pond. Then they got a Drag-Net, imagining I was drowned, and intending to drag me out; but at last Moll Cook coming for some Coals; discovered me lying all along in no very good Pickle" (25-26). This image would be sad and disconcerting if she were really drowned, but instead it comes across as absurd and over-the-top—a dramatic example of Shamela's wiles.
