1. Victorian Society in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
... been treated so monstrously by the cruel, cruel men she met along the way. Alec, the archetypal seducer in Victorian melodrama, after his violation of Tess virginity, doesnt realise his sin. The fact he doesnt realise his sin shows how Hardy presents the idea of sin of males to females and how they differ under this society. Whats more he blames Tess ... they are the weaker sex; much like Du Mauriers presentation of her protagonist as foolish and a shy and uneasy youth. In spite of the controversy caused by the divisive subject matter, there were some who applauded Hardy for raising the...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate