This document provides biographical information about Henry Fielding and defines feminism. It then introduces the major and minor female characters in Fielding's novel "Tom Jones". A list of the women characters is provided along with short descriptions of the characters Sophia Western, Jenny Jones, Molly Seagrim, Bridget Allworthy, and Harriet Fitzpatrick. The document analyzes these characters from a feminist perspective and how women are portrayed secondarily in the novel.

1. NAME : DODIYA MEGHANA JITENDRA
KUMAR
Semester : 1
ROLL NO. : 13
Course : The neo-classical literature
Email id. : mdodiya26@gmail.com
Submitted to: Dept. of English M.K.Bhavnagar
university

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Henry fielding
 He was Born April
22,1707.
 He was a 18th century
English writer, he was
also English author.
 His fiction ,plays, essays,
and legal pamphlets
show he was a human
and witty man, with a
passion for reform and
justice.

3. DEFINATION OF FEMINISM
Feminism is a range of
movements and ideologies that
share a comman goal;to
define,establish,and achieve
equal political,and social rights
for women.

4. INTRODUCTION
 There are many major and minor
characters in henry fielding’s ‘Tom
Jones’.
 Though we can say,that all the
characters are minor,as importance
is not given to the women.From a
feminist side,we can see that women
characters are sided in the novel.

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LIST OF WOMEN CHARACTER
Mrs.Miller
Nancy Miller
Mrs.Honour
Servant Susan Mrs.Whitefield
Ms.Bridget
Jenny Jones
Lady Bellaston
Mrs.Western
Harriet
Fitzpatrick
Molly Seagrim
Arebella
The
Landlady
Ms. Abigail
Sophia Western Mrs.Wilkins
Mrs.Doborah
Mrs.seagrim
Betty

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Sophia Western
Sophia Western  Beautiful generous
heroine.
 Daughter of squire
western.
 She is a
”gentlewoman.”
 Sophia manages to
reconcile her love
for tom.
 Her filial duty to
her father.

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Jenny Jones
 A bright young woman, jenny
is “as good a scholar as most of
the young men of quality of the
age’.
 jenny jones is initially
believed to be tom Jones
mother.
 She is in an the employ of the
partridges and is dismissed by
the Jealous mrs.patridge.
 squire Allworthy provides for
her in another parish in a bid
for her to wanton ways.

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 Daughter of Black
George, Molly is
the first girl to
whom Tom is
attracted.
 She is a beautiful
and passionate girl
who has little
modesty or virtue.
Molly seagrim

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 Bridget
Allworthy is the
mother of Tom
and Blifil.
 An unattractive
lady who resent
captain Blifil
because he
flatters her
religions views.
Bridget Allworthy
Bridget Allworthy

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Harriet Fitzpatrick
 Harriet Fitzpatrick is
Sophia's cousin and
wife of Mr.
Fitzpatrick.
 Pretty and charming,
she is nevertheless
selfish and contrives
against Sophia in
order to improve her
relationship with
squire western

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