This document summarizes a student paper about the themes in Henry Fielding's novel "Tom Jones". It provides background on Fielding as an English novelist and dramatist. It then gives a brief introduction to "Tom Jones", describing the main character Tom as good-natured but not always careful in his actions. The story follows Tom's adventures around England and the comic scenes and happy ending. Finally, it discusses some of the themes in the novel, including social realism, politics, females, and style.
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Themes in the novel Tom Jones
1. Paper-2
The Neo-Classical literature
Name : Gujarati KrishnaV
Std: M.A
Roll No.: 20
Topic Name:Themes In the novel
Tom Jones
Submitted to: Department of
English
M.K.B.U, Bhavnagar
2. Henry Fielding as an Author
An English Novelist and Dramatist
Born in England
Wrote political plays and novels
Tom Jones as his most famous work
Know for his rich earthy humor and satirical
skill
4. Good nature but often not careful in his
action
The story of the adventures of tom Jones
Brought up by a rich landowner
Travel around England and faced many
troubles
comic scenes and happy ending
5. The Theme of social Realism
Life style
Robbers on high ways
People living in London
The role of Institutes
Females
Politics
Society and Religion
6. The style
The wealth and splendor of the English country
side
The Habit of eating and drinking
Good deal of vanity and affecting, malice and
intrigue, destroying it’s peace
In contrast with London life, it’s better.
8. Politics
The situation of England is reflected
In bookVIITom gets attached to the soldiers.
In book XI, Sophia and Harriet are staying at
Inn, the landlord feels that they want to go
London as they want to escape from the
army.
9. Females
The portrayal of an English woman is
presented here
Woman’s chastity is the one of the
importance theme
The movement to protect theWomen’s
status had already started.
“if money is lost nothing is lost, if Health is
lost something is lost, but if character is lost
everything is lost”