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my second presentation of Neo-classical age
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Name : Kubavat Kishan B. Semester : 1st Paper no : 2 PG Enrollment No:14101021 Paper name : The Neo-Classical Literature Topic : Women characters in “Tom Jones” Submitted to: Department of English
Bhavnagar University
Born : 22 April 1707, Sharpham, Somerset, England
Died : 8 October 1754 (aged 47) Lisbon , ,kingdom of Portugal
Occupation : Novelist , Dramatist
Nationality : English Period : 1728 – 54 Literary movement :
Enlightenment, Augustan Age
About the author ( Henry Fielding )
His works
Joseph
Andrews
Amelia
Tom Jones
About the novel ( Tom Jones )
Tom Jones , is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding.
The novel is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel.
First Published on 28 February 1749 in London.
Characters
o Mr. Allworthyo Tom Joneso Blifilo Captain Blifilo Mr. Westerno George Seagrim o Lord Fellamaro Partridge
o Mrs. Westerno Sophia westerno Jenny Joneso Mrs. Fitzpatricko Lady Bellastono Bridget Allworthy
Women Characters in “Tom Jones” 1) Sophia western
She is the heroine of the novel . She is a young and beautiful
woman. She represents the weak position of
women in that period. The squire’s only daughter the
model of virtue, beauty and all good qualities.
2) Bridget Allworthy
She is a Mr. Allworthy’s sister. She marries Blifil because he praises her religious idea. She is the mother of young Blifil and (we later discover ) of Tom
Jones.
3) Mrs. Western She is the sister of the Mr. western and the aunt of Sophia.
4) Jenny Jones
She is a servant girl. A very intelligent woman who is used by Mrs. Allworthy – Blifil
to deflect suspicions on Tom jone’s maternity from herself.
5) Mrs. Fitzpatrick She is Sophia’s cousin. Ward of Mrs. Western and wife of Fitzpatrick. She is unhappily married to an Irish Lord who is stabbed a duel
with Tom Jones.
6) Lady Bellaston
She is a rich, middle- aged woman who is attracted to Tom Jones and wants to keep him as her lover.
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