Hardy as a Social Reformer

Sana Nawaz, Aisha Umer, Irum Iqbal, Saba Urooj, Shazia Tabassum, Afshan

Volume 15 Issue 6

Global Journal of Human-Social Science

ThefollowingresearchpaperisanattempttodiscussThomasHardy,a novelistoftheVictorianera,asasocialreformer.Manycriticsand researchersofhisnovels,considerhimapessimist,whopaintsadarkerpictureoflife.In thispicture,man isportrayedasatragicfigure,clutchedinthecruelgripsoffateaswellassociety.Thepresentpapergivesargumentsofcritics,andinterpretsHardy’snovels intheway,sothatwemaypresenthimasasocialreformer.Itthrowslightontwo ofthemajornovelsof Hardy,‘TESSOFTHEDURBERVILLES’ and ‘THEMAYOROFCASTERBRIDGE’.