5/21/2023 0 Comments Thomas hardy novel jude![]() ![]() Education opportunities, career development and social progress were restricted during this time, hence both Pip and Jude, despite their determination to become educated, face many difficulties. Despite this, neither Pip nor Jude are able to socially advance regardless of their efforts due to the fixed class system in place during the Victorian era. ![]() Whereas Dickens protagonist, Pip does seem to improve morally, this doesn t seem to be the case with Hardy s character, Jude, whom has the same beliefs and convictions for the entirety of the novel. To what extent are Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens conforming to Bildungsroman form in their aim to portray social mobility as an impossible ideal?Typically, Bildungsroman novels explore the developing maturity, and psychological and moral growth, of their protagonists, thus Jude the Obscure, and Great Expectations, novels that focus their narratives purely on the protagonist s development could be seen as conforming to this particular format. ![]()
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