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Hardys Presentation of Bathsheba and Fannys Experiences in Far from the Madding CrowdHow does this novel give out the amicable reality of the time?In this essay I will wager at Thomas Hardys Far from the MaddingCrowd in the first section, I will look at the different ways Hardyportrays Bathsheba and Fannys experiences. Since Hardy based thisnovel in the 1840s, and being true to history, it does reveal a lotabout the well-disposed reality of the time. However, Hardy could have adifferent perspective, as he is writing in the 1870s, which may haveaffected his view on the 1840s social ideal.Fanny is offered almost as a complete contrast to Bathsheba Fannywants to get married (though this could possibly be because she ispregnant), she has no m unmatchedy, no home and no family, while Bathshebahas everything (except the family) that Fanny doesnt have, includingher boyfriend too, Troy.Bathsheba at the beginning represents a very rare kind of Victorian char, one who is proud, strong and independent. While Fanny is thenave and fallen woman. As you progress through the novel, you see apeculiar change coming over both women, they seem to change theircharacters, Bathsheba becoming more uniform Fanny, and Fanny becomingmore like Bathsheba. Fanny shows her strength as she almost pullsherself down the road by the will of her mind, holding onto the railshe advanced, thrusting one hand forward, then the other, leaning overit whilst she dragged her feet on beneath a lesser woman would havejust sat down and given up, but she shows us her strength of characteras she tricks her body into making the steps, that would take her evernearer, to her death, so to speak.. Bathsheba however, allows herselfto b... ... Even through the action of the characters,especially the males, you can see how hard-fought it was for a female inthe 1840s society, the stir Bathsheba cause when she walks into thefarmers market for at her first entry the lumbering dialogues hadceased, nearly every face turned towards her and again at the farmersmarket your attention is brought to the fact she is the only womanthere the single one of her sex that the room contained a sign thatwoman were non readily accepted in the farming world, or any placethat had money as its bases.So in conclusion to be a woman in 1840s based on Hardys descriptionwould have been a very trying experience, a womans role was to bedressed up in sensibly clothes and displayed, never to do anything butsit at home and do the needle work, never to go and try somethingdifferent. To be seen and not heard.