Tess Of The D Urbervilles Analysis

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II. INTRODUCTION The Victorian Age marks a very important period in British literature and life itself, mainly due to industrialism, which affected the fast advancement in technology. In this time, the center of influence shifts from Paris to London, whilst life shifts from ownership of land to modern urban economy (Greenblatt & Abrams, 2006, p.979). The Victorian Era began in 1930, while the Queen Victoria ascends to the throne in 1937, ruling the British Empire until 1901, thus being part of the developments of the time. Queen Victoria was a devoted queen and mother of 9 children. She became the symbol of earnestness, moral values, importance of family and ideal motherhood while reigning the country, this way representing the values and beliefs which characterized the time. This epoch is considered as the greatest in English Literature and history, it is chiefly bright as a result of the enormous development in all spheres of life. Putting aside all the progress made in law and reforms, which had guaranteed many rights to the citizens, women did not have their share of…show more content…
However, he was clever enough to intertwine this aspect with the character’s own cravings and needs. This embodiment is greatly illustrated in one of his most popular novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), also considered as one of the darkest of his creations. The novel depicts the struggle of moving forward while having secrets to keep hidden from the others, and in a way indicates that there is no escape from the past and the consequences that the secret withholds. Regarding Hardy’s writing techniques, Penny Boumelha conveys that "the most common shape of his plots takes the form of a struggle by one or more of his characters to leave definitively behind them a past that refuses to stay buried: a sexual secret, a broken promise, a rash act with irrevocable consequences" (Boumelha, 2009,
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