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Jude the Obscure

Amelia seeks to enhance her social status through extramarital relations, akin to themes in another play by Thomas Hardy which includes a serious sexual relationship outside of marriage.

Tess of the D'urbervilles

Focuses on a woman's downfall, reflecting Hardy's fascination with passion and ruination throughout his work.

Social Criticism in Victorian Poetry

Hardy, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Robert Browning critique societal double standards and gender inequality in their works.

Stanley Renner

Critical viewpoint by _________ that says “Hardy exploits the great well of moral and sexual feeling” - Hardy's poetry is able to tap into the profound emotional and ethical depths of the human experience.

“Hardy exploits the great well of moral and sexual feeling”

Stanley Renner’s viewpoint

Elizabeth Barret Browning and Robert Browning

Other victorian poets that criticise societal double standards and gender equality