The priggish Mrs. Norris sees herself as the guardian of propriety. These are&colon; a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. She played the priggish Claire Lindquist, daughter of a corrupt judge. The initially priggish English lady is slowly seduced by the vibrant Italian. Priggish, in a way, proud of her wide-eyed charity. This leads some reviewers to consider Fanny priggish.