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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One Background Studies
1.1 Women's Status in Victorian England
1.2 Feminism in Victorian England
1.3 Hardy's Concern with Women's Movements
Chapter Two Female Oppression in the Male-Dominated Society
2.1 Female Characters' Bondage from Marriage and Society
2.2 Sue, a Split Self
2.3 Sue's Oppressed Sexual Consciousness
Chapter Three Protests Against the Control of Patriarchy
3.1 Hardy's Challenge to Gender Role Stereotypes
3.1.1 Female Characters with Masculine Traits
3.1.2 Male Protagonist with Feminine Traits
3.2 “Kick” and “Bolt”: Women's Struggle for Equality
3.2.1 Sue, a New Woman
3.2.2 Other Female Characters' Feminist Consciousness
3.3 Men's Sympathy for Women
Chapter Four The Root Cause of the Failure and Hardy's Ambivalence
4.1 Sue's Failed Trial of Free Union
4.2 Hardy's Failure to Disrupt Patriarchal Ideology
4.2.1 Male Perspective
4.2.2 Celebration of Certain Feminine Traits
4.3 Hardy's Ambivalent View of Womanhood
Conclusion
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