Neo classical era : women characteristics

Neo-classical era : women characterics(Tom Jones)

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Assignment topic : various characteristics of women regarding(neo-classical era:Tom Jones)

Abstract 

Neo-Classical era, known as the age of superficiality, gaiety and frivolty, due to charles II's  influence as he was belonging to France wanting to disperse his own culture in England. As women are very much sensitive and vulnerable that they may easily succumbed or surrender to anything, coming in their way. With those traits we are going to work regarding Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, the father of the novel.

Keywords 

Neo-classical era, Charles II, France, women, sensitive/vulnerable, traits, Tom-Jones(Henry Fielding)

Introduction

Henry Fielding is known as the father of the English modern novel and also for introducing 'picaresque novel'. In his novel he has tried to highlight many traits of women and did his best in maintaining their hierarchical traits.

Character analysis 

As I'm here to analyse vivid characteristics of women, we must first do that.

To give a proper contrasting effect first we must go with "Lady Bellaston".

Lady Bellaston, a rich widow who is called (mrs.) though she isn't married but old, is entitled with this prefix.

As she is influenced with wealth, she has utilized it in wrong way, she is always after trapping men and she has many relations with many men.

When knew Sophia loves Tom and because of Sophia Tom has denied his realtionship with her, she schemingly tries to provoke lord Fellamar to rape Sophia, but he didn't get succeed.

All these aspects of Lady Bellaston shows her stubbornness, possessiveness, an enviousness advantageousness and selfishness.

Moly Seagrim, a poor woman. To satiate her desires indulge herself with many love affairs. which we can conclude by examining in a scene.

Moly is pregnant and when her mother knows, instead of objecting or asking her about the child and child's father, she worries about food. As another member is going to include in their family, they even can't properly survive how the new invitee will.

It seems as to satiate her desires, she selected the easy path, where on and often humiliation is there, but it all depends on one's psyche if she wants to consider it. Otherwise it is for temporary and human's mind psyche is very strong. what she thinks she can do. if this latter thing she has applied possitively in her life then perhaps the situation of present for her, should have been fruitful and healthy for which she would have proud.

Jenny Jones, who later becomes Mrs. waters.

Jenny Jones, who is living in somerset village, in Squire allworthy's house.

Morally and philosophically Henry Fielding has presented very strong character in the form of Jenny Jones. who by being with mr. Partridge who himself is teacher, educate herself. As it is such time where girl education was underrecognition, all people of the village were jealous of her and they utilize their jealousy, when Jenny Jones alleged of having child and abandoned it on allworthy's bed as she doesn't want to get on with her duty.

She is out with the help of money, that Squire Allworthy has provided her. But gradually what happens, as she proceeds further though Henry Fielding hasn't shown that period clearly, reader's views in this respect remains in vain, but imagining she must be in many difficulties and if literally seen a woman can't survive alone as she requires many things. Among which the prime thing is "tutelage". If she is blessed with only one thing, the rest things she can
 achieve.

In this case as she also has affair with Tom Jones and others, seems as to retain herself, she must be doing all these things. Otherwise perhaps she wouldn't have survived. The title of her very name suggets its fluidity and she becomes "Mrs. Waters".

Sophia Western, a very strongly influenced character, with morality, philosophy and wisdom and that lasts forever with her and this is what that differentiates her from Jenny Jones. We can presume that perhaps in absence of Sophia Western, Jenny Jones would be writer's second choice of making her heroine of his novel.

Hence we have seen how Henry Fielding has tried to make aware people of how a woman can be, how she  has many hues, positive, negative, derogatory, invisible. If unaware of such things it is such a poison which would destroy one's life.

work citations

D. Barad,(4th friday, January,2013), https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2013/01/ma-english-study-material-reading.html:sem-1,2:the neo-classical literature:Tom Jones:women characteristics.