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A 5 page paper which examines how Hardy defines the nature of this injustice and the techniques he employs to elicit sympathy for its victim. No additional sources are used.
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People were restricted by their gender and class, and while they could do nothing about their gender, they could attempt to improve their position on the social ladder.
Despite its feminine name, Victorian England was the quintessential patriarchy and since women had little status on the basis of their gender, the only way they could attain social mobility
was through marriage. But these women never lost their identity as second-class citizens. Injustice, both social and personal, was a common literary theme especially during the nineteenth century
and Tess of the dUrbervilles is no exception. Throughout the text, poor Tess is subjected to appalling injustices for no apparent reason than the fact that she was a
woman. She had to assume responsibilities for which she was too young to handle, could offer no opinions as to which course her destiny would take, and would live
the life of the perennial victim, for which death was the only escape. Tesss father was a drunken, neer well to do peddler named John Durbeyfield who believes his luck
has finally taken a turn for the better when he learns his ancestors are the dUrbervilles, a socially prominent family. He and his wife wish to send their daughter
Tess to the family mansion in hopes of winning the heart of a prominent dUrberville heir. What they dont realize is that the occupants of the estate are simply
dUrbervilles in name only. Simon Stokes had not one ounce of dUrberville blood in him; hed simply purchased the name and the position it implied, something a man could
easily do. Tess could offer no protest to what was akin to being prostituted or being sold into slavery. Despite her youth, Tess was expected to support her
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