000048647 001__ 48647 000048647 005__ 20160510084251.0 000048647 037__ $$aTAZ-TFG-2016-022 000048647 041__ $$aeng 000048647 1001_ $$aArceiz Cortés, Marta 000048647 24500 $$aWomen, Social Class, and their Relation as Individuals in Hard Times 000048647 260__ $$aZaragoza$$bUniversidad de Zaragoza$$c2016 000048647 506__ $$aby-nc-sa$$bCreative Commons$$c3.0$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 000048647 520__ $$aAbstract Hard Times exposes different female characters belonging to different social classes, as in the Victorian period the difference of classes was something prominent. Moreover, in that period, women were relegated to subordinate positions in each of the social classes they shared with men. This essay focuses on the personal development of some female characters portrayed in this novel, showing their individuality, their internal conflicts, their relations as individuals. The essay is divided in four different sections. It begins with an introduction to the novel Hard Times and an introduction to the period when it was written – a framework of the situation of England in the Victorian period, Dickens's own time, which is the period in which the novel is set too. This part focuses on the real image of an England affected by the social changes it was undergoing at that time as a consequence of the Industrialization. The second part of the essay could be considered as a second introduction as it is the one that focuses on women’s roles in the Victorian period. This part deals with the differences existing between men's and women’s spheres and the role women played. Following the introduction, the analysis is focused on three female characters showing their role in the novel, their evolution, their reactions. I have followed a historical, sociological and feminist approach in this essay in order to reflect the period I am dealing with, and to show how society was established regarding gender, but focusing mainly in the roles played by women at that moment. 000048647 521__ $$aGraduado en Estudios Ingleses 000048647 540__ $$aDerechos regulados por licencia Creative Commons 000048647 700__ $$aGarcía Landa, José Ángel$$edir. 000048647 7102_ $$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$b $$c 000048647 8560_ $$f611933@celes.unizar.es 000048647 8564_ $$s677323$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48647/files/TAZ-TFG-2016-022.pdf$$yMemoria (eng) 000048647 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:48647$$pdriver$$ptrabajos-fin-grado 000048647 950__ $$a 000048647 951__ $$adeposita:2016-05-10 000048647 980__ $$aTAZ$$bTFG$$cFFYL