Women as 'Other' in Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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This research entitled "Women as 'Other' in Hardy'sTess of the d'Urbervilles"explores
the poor condition of women in postcolonial setting. Even though,women are free from being
colonized, they are dominated by men in the patriarchal society. This research focuses on how
women become 'Other' in the Victorian peasantsociety. In this research, the female protagonist
Tess is treated as 'Other' because of the contemporary Victorian society. The Victorian society
looks at woman as 'Other' or 'thing'. So, in this society, women suffer so much. This study is
done from postcolonialist feminist perspective to study the condition of women in the
contemporary society of Victorian Period by incorporating information from different articles,
literary works, internet web-sites etc. All information is presented and analyzed to prove the
condition of women in the society.