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Relationship ideals in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by Shahizah Hamdan, Dinnur Qayyimah Ahmad Jalaluddin

“…Our main argument for examining romantic relationships in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations rests on the fact that although thematically it can be said that the novel focuses on class structure, the thrust of the plot centres on a number of relationships. The Victorian era was an age of change. With the expansion of the empire and the progress brought about by the industrial revolution, new ways of thinking started to influence the society and its culture. …”
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Women As Commodities In Two Selected Novels Of Thomas Hardy by Nikandam, Roya

“…By investigating these theoretical observations, I hope to highlight the continuing issue of commodifying the value and dignity of women which can be observed in the patriarchal system of the Victorian era. The study specifically analyses the reactions of male characters in the novels towards the identity of female protagonists which lead to the conclusion that a woman’s self is worthless, valueless and is totally rejected in the symbolic law. …”
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Sue Bridehead: Hardy's feminist figure or a fallen temptress by Sivandipour, Faezeh, Talif, Rosli

“…Therefore, portrayal of Sue supports this idea that, while Hardy highlights women's problems and inequalities it is merely to emphasise the existing social and religious situations of the Victorian era. In this light, Hardy's portrayal of Sue does not follow the basic tenets of Christian feminism. …”
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Sexual Science as Manifested in Hardy's Marriage Plot by Ahmad, Asma Hana

“…The exploration of the nature of human evolution through Hardy's work concomitantly relates to problematic relationship and marriage during the Victorian era while keeping in mind another underlying factor in Darwin's theory, that is, 'spiritual void' (the notion that God plays no role in the creation of different species). …”
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Investigating Thomas Hardys reaction to Victorian religious forces through reading Tess of the DUrbervilles and Jude the Obscure by Sivandipour, Faezeh, Talif, Rosli

“…The Victorian era during the nineteenth century was marked by the Church of England and was greatly associated with “Victorian values,” strict rules, formal manners, rigidly defined roles and highly moralistic standards of behaviour. …”
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Cultural conflict in Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach through semiotics by Abbasiyannejad, Mina, Talif, Rosli

“…The protagonists, Edward and Florence, suffer the burden of belonging to different social classes; challenged by the constraints of Victorian-era sexual boundaries while facing the consequences of a lack of proper communication and miscommunication. …”
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Propriety of the emergence of the new woman in Kate Chopin's selected fiction by Khoshnood, Ali

“…Chopin deploys some features of the modernist form to refute the Victorian era’s rigid system of normative ethics and this study attempts to show Chopin’s modernist disillusionment with Victorian society’s convention through her depiction of the emergence of modern New Women in her selected fiction. …”
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Home and abroad: Racial stereotyping of the Muslim orient in selected of Victorian fiction / Mafaz M. Mustafa by Mafaz M. , Mustafa

“…Applauded by the British Empire then and the United States of America today, the impact and influence of such stereotyping of these two communities in the literature of the Victorian era is seen in the way they persist and flourish in the popular culture of today. …”
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