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An 8 page essay. Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding were British contemporaries writing in the early eighteenth century. Richardson's Pamela (1740) and Fielding's Tom Jones (1729) each address what these authors perceived to be problems within the British social structure. In Tom Jones, Fielding takes a firm stand against the practice of arranged marriages and dramatizes the negative consequences of such arranged liaisons. In Pamela, Richardson portrays the injustice of upper class men who feel free to be sexual predators in regards to the servant class. In both novels, the social criticism of the authors is directed toward upper class British behavior and the didactic moral of each tale implies that moral reform is needed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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these authors perceived to be problems within the British social structure. In Tom Jones, Fielding takes a firm stand against the practice of arranged marriages and dramatizes the negative consequences
of such arranged liaisons. In Pamela, Richardson portrays the injustice of upper class men who feel free to be sexual predators in regards to the servant class. In both novels,
the social criticism of the authors is directed toward upper class British behavior and the didactic moral of each tale implies that moral reform is needed. Tom Jones The
societal customs of Great Britain, particularly in regards to the upper classes, included parents having the power to arrange marriages for their adult children. Such arrangements were generally advantageous to
the parents as such unions might entail business arrangements or the inheritance of wealth for future grandchildren. Early on, Fielding makes a "contract" with the reader, which promises that the
reader will encounter a good story, full of twists and turns (Sherman 232). True to his word, the course of love does not run straight for Fieldings young hero, Tom
Jones, who is love with Sophia. The primary obstacle to their love is the opposition of Sophias father to their marriage. Sophias father has arranged a marriage for his daughter,
rather than allowing her marriage to Tom. From the onset, Fielding makes it clear that his sympathies are with the young lovers and not with the father. Fieldings
opposition to arranged marriages is largely dramatized through Sophias behavior in categorically refusing the man that her father intends for her to marry, Mr. Blifil. Sophia is a dutiful daughter,
but, from the beginning of the novel, Fielding portrays her as balancing her sense of duty with her sense of self and her own perception of morality. For example, she
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