Open AccessMoral Problems in the Major Characters of George Eliot’s Adam Bede
Author(s) -
Jayanta Mukherjee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
smart moves journal ijellh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-4406
pISSN - 2582-3574
DOI - 10.24113/ijellh.v7i11.10096
Subject(s) - george (robot) , tragedy (event) , creatures , philosophy , punishment (psychology) , adam smith , literature , psychoanalysis , history , psychology , art , art history , natural (archaeology) , social psychology , neoclassical economics , archaeology , economics
Adam Bede (1859) is the first full length novel written by George Eliot. In this hovel both Hetty and. Arthur suffer for their violating moral principles. Poignant tragedy ensues because of their being creatures of weak moral fibre. This moral weakness results in sin and this is followed by punishment and intense suffering. The Arthur -Hetty story traces the movement from weakness to sin and from sin to nemesis. Hetty’s tragedy is woven through certain episodes that spring from her moral weakness. In the light of these moral issues that the novel, Adam Bede is to be read.