As a regional novelist, he focused primarily on the social institutions and problems of his region. His novels frankly deal with various social institutions and honestly address social problems. In his attempt to expose the reality of his society, Thomas Hardy wrote novels which are heavily influenced by social factors. They condemned society with its cultural ideology that rendered women passive and socially vulnerable. Throughout the nineteenth century women raised their voice against socio-cultural configuration that viewed women’s true destiny as fulfilling the role of wife and mother. The Victorian society, dominated as it was by patriarchal ideology, restricted women physically and mentally, and severely limited their economic opportunities. Socio-cultural institutions such as church and marriage were deeply rooted in patriarchy. In the Victorian cultural institutions were an important part of life.
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