Both Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy clearly understand the essential nature of social status in the process of creating, developing, and maintaining a relationship with another person, as well as the opportunities available to an individual. In fact, it would seem that they both suggest that social status is a fundamental ingredient in the actual processes and meaning of life. However, because each author presents the ideas and ideals of social status in significantly different ways, this paper argues that Austen s work, her characters, plots, and outcomes are actually the more dependent on it than Hardy s. Bibliography lists 8 sources. The writer argues that Jane Austen's distinctive techniques all work together to illustrate the heroine's moral nature at levels of which the heroine is not conscious.
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Specifically considered is what Franklin and Austen believed makes someone a good person. Bibliography lists 3 sources.