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Chapter Two Neoclassical Period John Bunyan The Vanity Fair The main characters in this novel are Christians, Pliable, Faithful, and Hopeful. (P85) At this fair there is at all times to be seen juggling, cheats, plays, fools and rogues, and that of every kind. Here are to be seen, too and that for nothing, theft, murders, adulteries, false swears, and that of a blood-red color. Note:The novel is a religious allegory. So cheats, plays, fools, theft, and murders are all symbols of social evils.(P86) Now these pilgrims must go through the fair.(P88)/One chanced mockingly, “What will you buy?” B