... taking control of their own lives, when in reality, many of them are. Jude, of Jude the Obscure is another protagonist which faces the pressures of oppression, only on an entirely different plane. The novel hails from the Victorian Era, a time when the individual was "seen to be at odds with the conventions and expectations of the time." (Mr. Bartley) During this time, quite similar to today, gossip was very ... but to kill Doyle, which saved Frankie and allowed him to be admitted once again to the institution, where he felt safe and free of these pressures. Marginalization and alienati...

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