Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 1972

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English Literature

Committee Chair

Bruce E. Teets

Second Committee Member

Larry Lawrence

Third Committee Member

Ned Tooney

Abstract

This is a study of how characters are developed in five

representative Victorian novels. Character is studied on the

basis of a moral stance which motivates actions. Because the

concept of the moral stance is primarily dependent upon the

individual character, the characters in this paper are studied

in relation to themselves. There are many events and relationships

in the novels which are not discussed here , aspects of

the respective narratives which would illumine other interpretations

but which are irrelevant to this particular study.

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