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Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles
2014. urn:nbn:hr:142:742348
Glavačević, Andrea
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Glavačević, A. (2014). Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

Glavačević, Andrea. "Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

Glavačević, Andrea. "Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

Glavačević, A. (2014). 'Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 15 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

Glavačević A. Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2025 January 15] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

A. Glavačević, "Fragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:742348

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TitleFragility of the Victorian Concept of Ideal Woman: A Case Study of Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Title (croatian)Poroznost viktorijanskog koncepta idealne žene: Analiza Tess D'Ubervilles
AuthorAndrea Glavačević
MentorBiljana Oklopčić (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2014-09-15, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The paper explains the position of an ideal and a fallen woman. Both positions were determined by men and their opinions. They were used to control women: one was used to make an example all women should follow, and the other one was used to show women what they would become if they did not follow the example. The ideal woman was an example of perfect womanhood she is described as chaste and virtuous. This is a sort of woman young girls were encouraged to be like. This concept of a woman derived from the belief that women are inferior to men, and their only role should be that of a housewife. It was a very restraining position where women had no rights. The fallen woman was not a less restraining concept. This was the title women tried hard to avoid. A fallen woman was a woman whose reputation was somehow ruined. Although it was reserved for unchaste women, it was later used for any woman who did not fit into Victorian society. The paper explains how Thomas Hardy used both ideas in his novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, to ruin the concept of the ideal woman. He showed how delicate the position of the ideal woman was, and shocked the public with his depiction of the ideal and the fallen woman.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:742348
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Hungarian Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) mađarskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) mađarskoga jezika i književnosti)
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