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Hetty Sorrel, painting by John Coller. Hetty Sorrel is a major character in George Eliot's 1859 novel Adam Bede. Beautiful but thoughtless Hetty lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799.
Adam Bede. Hetty Sorrel. Hetty never changes through the book, even after her religious conversion in the jail, and she remains a vain and selfish creature. Hetty only wants what is best for herself. Throughout the novel, Hetty has no concern for how her actions will affect others. Yet because her desires and fears are childlike, it is hard to ...
Painting by Edward Henry Corbould (1861) of Hetty Sorrel and Captain Donnithorne in Mrs Poyser's dairy. The Bede family: Adam Bede is described as a tall, stalwart, moral, and unusually competent carpenter. He is 26 years old at the beginning of the novel, and bears an "expression of large-hearted intelligence."
Hetty Sorrel, fictional character, a naive dairy maid who is seduced and abandoned in the novel Adam Bede (1859) by George Eliot. This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper. The Victorian England Quiz: Art, Literature, and Life.
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Character Analysis Hetty Sorrel. The characterization of Hetty seems to vary through the novel: In the earlier sections, she is condemned savagely for her vanity and selfishness, while during her period of suffering she is treated sympathetically. But even though Eliot's objectivity is somewhat questionable in places, the personality of Hetty ...
By George Eliot. 'Adam Bede' chronicles the relationship struggles of the character Adam Bede who is in love with beautiful but selfish Hetty Sorrel who in turn loves Arthur Donnithorne. The love triangle results in a hideous crime with grave consequences and lessons for them all. Article written by Onyekachi Osuji.
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Hetty Sorrel is a very pretty girl, and an efficient-enough dairymaid. But she isn't particularly accomplished. Or particularly smart. Or particularly nice. You are perfectly within your rights to wonder what a stand-up dude like Adam sees in her. Still, even if you don't think much of Hetty Sorrel as a person, do not underestimate her as a ...
