《远离尘嚣》中芭斯榭芭的女性主义形象2025 年 5 月 10 日 Huaibei Normal UniversityOn Bathsheba’s Image of Feminism in Far From the Madding CrowdWritten byWang ZhenzhenSubmitted tothe School of Foreign Studiesof Huaibei Normal Universityin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirementsfor the Degree of Bachelor of ArtsSupervised byYuan WeiMay 2025Abstract Far from the Madding Crowd is regarded as a masterpiece of Thomas Hardy, one of the greatest English novelists and poets who lived across the 19th and 20th century. In this novel, Hardy clearly expresses his point of view towards feminist, which embodies in Bathsheba’s love and marriage. The thesis interprets Far from the Madding Crowd from three aspects. It first analyses the appearance of new women, Bathsheba pursue independent identity. Also, she as independent economic foundation. So she choose to challenge the old tradition in patriarchal society. Then it .es to the return of old women. Although Bathsheba made great efforts, the old traditions is deeply rooted in society and in everyone’s hearts. As a result, Bathsheba chooses to yield to the patriarchal society. She married Oak, it also means she gave up her economic foundation and self-independence. Last, it tries to explores and concludes the awaken of Bathsheba’s feminist consciousness and in.pleteness. It analyzes from two perspectives, one is feminist embodies in Bathsheba’s life, the other is feminist embodies in her love and marriage. Through interpreting Far from the Madding Crowd. We can know that women can not be totally independent in patriarchal society. But they will be successful sooner or later. We expect a society that women and men are equally treated. Only in such equal society, can t...