There can be found several themes in Jude the Obscure, which show and somehow explain the Victorian era and the way people were influenced by social conventions. Unfortunately, the impact was rather negative, even devastating in case of Jude the Obscure. ... Sue is the leading character who establishes important landmarks about the marriage in Jude the Obscure. Jude is not a complicated character and he is rational in his acting and thinking. ... In Jude the Obscure Hardy wants to point out the fact that partners should perceive the act of marriage in accord with nature. ...

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Jude the Obscure Jude Fawley is presented in Hardy's novel as an ordinary, working-class man of humble origins struggling hard to realize his dreams but thwarted by a cruel fate and a pitiless, snobbish social system. ... Part of Jude's tragedy arises from his incurable idealism. ... Jude is impressed with her beauty and the work she is. ... Hardy demonstrates Jude's inaccurate perception of Sue's character. ... Because he believes these conventions he never overcomes his inevitable tragic ending due to this character flaw, which is his inability to think of himself...

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Compromising Female Characters in Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d"Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure The novels of Thomas Hardy are intricate and complicated works whose plots seem to be completely planned before the first word is ever actually formed on paper. Though I have no proof of Hardy's method of writing, it is clear that he focuses more on plot development than characterization in the novels Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d"Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. ... But the main reason Hardy uses this method, especially in the tragedies Tess and Jude, is to present...

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Also written around this time, the highly controversial Jude the Obscure could also be cited as another reflection of the tension within his marriage. Aside from this fact, Hardy's reputation did not falter and he created Sue Bridehead, Jude's main heroine. When Jude was written in 1895, society was quickly modernizing and the role of women slowly but surely was changing. ... Guerard who believes while Hardy wrote a number of compelling leading ladies into his works, he only created two men of more than average interest, Jude the Obscure's Jude Fawley and The Mayor of Casterbrid...

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It may be said that Jude, Karl and Smith were more sinned against than sinned. ... (www.dictionary.com) This is one of the larger issues within the studied works, which leads to the eventual breakdown of the main characters. ... It is obvious how strong and determined Karl's character is, as he is employed, has made a few friends, and is trying to finally establish a life for himself, beginning with a baptism, in an attempt to gain the respect and approval of the town. It's as though the screenwriter is simply saying that Karl's character type is one which is meant to feel op...

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His novels Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, received negative reviews upon publication and Hardy was criticized for being too occupied with sex. ... He rejected the belief in God, and much of his poetry reads on the helplessness of a character against uncontrollable forces. ...

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The Tragic Consciousness of Hardy's "Novels of Character and Environment" Hardy is a great English writer. He has enriched aesthetics of tragedy with his " novels of character and environment" and his works have great influence on Victorian literature. ... While Herchard clung to the character of the old patriarchal form and made no concession to modern civilization. ... Hardy employed the rich and complicated tragic consciousness in his " novels of character and environment". ... Jude the Obscure. ...

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He trained as an Architect and pursued this to 1874 when he wrote his novel Far From The Madding Crowd which was successful and allowed hardy to devote himself to writing he continued writing novels till 1895 when he gave up fiction as he latest novel Jude The Obscure was condemned in reviews as an immoral attack on the institution of marriage. ... Hardy uses a wide range of literacy devices to show his narrative craft in creation of characters. ... The characters are introduced through out the story with phrases instead of names. ... I feel he develops his three main Characters better when he...

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• Grade Level: High School

His novels Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, received negative reviews upon publication and Hardy was criticized for being too occupied with sex. ... He rejected the belief in God, and much of his poetry reads on the helplessness of a character against uncontrollable forces. ...

• Word Count: 1342
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In matters of character Victorians prized respectability, earnestness, a sense of duty and public service; most would have regarded an industrious, pious conventionality as the best road not only to material recompense but to heavenly rewards as well. ...

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A strong social ethic, continued from the Victorian times of Dickens and Disraeli, began increasingly to influence the political character of the country and its institutions. ... After the hostile reception of his tragic and bitter novel Jude the Obscure in 1895, he devoted himself largely to poetry and poetic drama until his death in 1928. ...

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