Middlemarch by George Eliot and Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Essay

Middlemarch by George Eliot and Jude the Obscure by doubting Thomas dauntlessThe Victorian era brought about many changes throughout Great Britain. spell was searching for new avenues of enlightenment. The quest for knowledge and understanding became an acceptable normal throughout much of the scientific community. It was becoming accepted, and in many ways expected, for people to search for knowledge. Philosophy, the search for truth, was becoming a more mixed part of educating ones self no longer were people holding on to old-fashioned ideas. Central to the story lines of Middlemarch, written by George Eliot, and Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy, is the theme of ambition and the tempering of expectations both to social difficulties, and on a broader scale, human frailty. Dorthea Brooke and work Brideshead display elements of the new woman and both be driven to accomplish what each desires. some(prenominal) are intelligent and educated women. The contrast in the two comes from the different motives each has to separate themselves from the norm. Sue is self-centered in her independence, while Dorthea is an ardent spokeswoman for social reform and justice. Both women follow different paths, incomplete ending up at a position they once knew they would attain. Dorthea is depicted early in the novel as having an intimidating presence however, at a dinner with the supposedly intentional and intelligent Mr. Casaubon, she feels quite uneasy. He is an older man with an unattractive display which goes grapplely un noniced to the lovestruck Dorthea. Her sister Celia comments, How very ugly Mr. Casaubon is Dorthea responds by canvass him to a portrait of Locke and says he is a distinguished looking gentleman. Later, later on dinner, Casaubon and Dorthea discuss religious matters and she looks at him in awe because of his supposed sea captain intellect. Here was a man who could understand the higher inward lifespana man whos learning almost amounted to pr oof of some(prenominal) he believed(p. 24). As intelligent as Dorthea is, she failed to see Casaubon for the man he really is, and will be, in marriage. Casaubon proposes to her and she accepts. She sees this as an opportunity to further wage increase her own intellectual abilities and help a great man complete his studies. Later she would realize her husband has very limited intellectual abilities and is not a suitable companion for... ... the currency, even though she should be empower to it. She was always faithful do Casaubon, despite not loving him. They unite and have two children with a house full of love. Will does give way a member of Parliament, provided he never makes a fortune. Dorthea lives a happy life because she followed her independence. She make choices she regretted, but overcame them with her strong personality. She never unadulterated all the goals she had set out to, but she did find love with Will. The money she gave up could have helped her establish the knowledge and training she wanted to achieve, but her love of Will was more important to her than her academic endeavors. She was indeed an self-employed person woman with a strong mind of moral values. Sue was the submit opposite of her. Sue never wished to help anyone but herself. She did whatever made her happy or secure. Her independent nature came from her own self-absorbed sense of life. She never really loved Jude, or anyone else. She just enjoyed the idea of someone loving her. She was dependent on this in order for her to feel a sense of belonging. Both women followed patterns of being a new woman, but neither one followed the pattern completely.