# What Vanity and Ambition means in The Windfairies

> Characters like Kesta and the old gentleman in the cat story are driven by vanity or greed, seeking to improve their social standing or wealth, often leading to humiliation or loss, as Kesta's overreaching ambition results in being chased from the town.

## Explanation

Characters like Kesta and the old gentleman in the cat story are driven by vanity or greed, seeking to improve their social standing or wealth, often leading to humiliation or loss, as Kesta's overreaching ambition results in being chased from the town.

Kesta's vanity leads her to believe she deserves a wealthy husband, driving her to reject Adam and pursue higher-status men.

Vanity and Ambition is one of the patterns The Windfairies by Mary De Morgan returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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