 woman bears the representational burden for Fielding of his disappointment about the relation between internal and external selves , as , culturally , she must sustain the realm of private life , interior feeling , and personal identity apart from the public and commercial world of the male ; inevitably , then , she must fail Fielding through her reliance on the ' harlotry ' of pomp , ostentation , or the drama of self @-@ display if she is to be a part of this world . And yet , he fears her alternative fate as a ghost as well , though he may seem to wish it on her . 
