Jude Fawley

Jude Fawley is a fictional character from Thomas Hardy’s novel "Jude the Obscure." He is a working-class man with intellectual ambitions, aspiring to become a scholar and improve his social status. However, societal constraints and personal setbacks prevent him from achieving his goals. Jude is portrayed as passionate, earnest, and compassionate, embodying the struggles of striving for education and respectability in a rigid, traditional society. His character highlights themes of social class, perseverance, and the tragic limitations imposed by circumstance.