my second presentation of Neo-classical age

1.  Name : Kubavat Kishan B.
 Semester : 1st
 Paper no : 2
 PG Enrollment No:14101021
 Paper name : The Neo-Classical Literature
 Topic : Women characters in “Tom Jones”
 Submitted to: Department of English
Bhavnagar University

2. About the author ( Henry Fielding )
 Born : 22 April 1707, Sharpham,
Somerset, England
 Died : 8 October 1754 (aged 47)
Lisbon , ,kingdom of Portugal
 Occupation : Novelist , Dramatist
 Nationality : English
 Period : 1728 – 54
 Literary movement :
Enlightenment, Augustan Age

3. Tom
Jones
Joseph
Andrews
Amelia
His works

4. About the novel ( Tom Jones )
 Tom Jones , is a comic novel by the
English playwright and novelist
Henry Fielding.
 The novel is both a Bildungsroman
and a picaresque novel.
 First Published on 28 February
1749 in London.

5. Characters
o Mr. Allworthy
o Tom Jones
o Blifil
o Captain Blifil
o Mr. Western
o George Seagrim
o Lord Fellamar
o Partridge
o Mrs. Western
o Sophia western
o Jenny Jones
o Mrs. Fitzpatrick
o Lady Bellaston
o Bridget Allworthy

6. Women Characters in “Tom Jones”
 1) Sophia western
 She is the heroine of the novel .
 She is a young and beautiful
woman.
 She represents the weak position of
women in that period.
 The squire’s only daughter the
model of virtue, beauty and all
good qualities.

7. 2) Bridget Allworthy
 She is a Mr. Allworthy’s sister.
 She marries Blifil because he praises her religious idea.
 She is the mother of young Blifil and (we later discover ) of Tom
Jones.
 3) Mrs. Western
 She is the sister of the Mr. western and the aunt of Sophia.

8. 4) Jenny Jones
 She is a servant girl.
 A very intelligent woman who is used by Mrs. Allworthy – Blifil
to deflect suspicions on Tom jone’s maternity from herself.
5) Mrs. Fitzpatrick
 She is Sophia’s cousin.
 Ward of Mrs. Western and wife of Fitzpatrick.
 She is unhappily married to an Irish Lord who is stabbed a duel
with Tom Jones.

9. 6) Lady Bellaston
 She is a rich, middle- aged woman who is attracted to Tom Jones
and wants to keep him as her lover.