The significance of the Man of the Hill episode in the novel Tom Jones.

                                               MEG – 03: BRITISH NOVEL

ASSIGNMENT 2021 - 2022

1. Comment on the significance of the Man of the Hill episode in the novel Tom Jones.

Ans. Opinions greatly differ in the matter ofFielding's plot construction in Tom Jones. According to one view, Tom Jones is all plot. In other words, it means that Fielding has given much attention to plot construction in Tom Jones. According to the other view, Tom Jones, being a Picaresque novel, is full of incidents, but it has not been executed according to a well-thought out plan. The second view seems to be irrelevant in spite of the fact that there are a good number of digressions in the novel, the glaring example being the story of the Man of the Hill. Moreover, the author's own too frequent views concerning various literary and artistic theories and addresses to the reader, even if they have their own value, reflect on the cohesion of the plot.

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