Examine the methods and techniques used by writers of three stories you have studied to create sympathy for marginalized characters.

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Examine the methods and techniques used by writers of three stories you have studied to create sympathy for marginalized characters.

Many writers during the Victorian period felt impelled to write about people being exploited. The Industrial Revolution exaggerated the inequality and helped to enhance a patriarchal society ruled by men and women were deemed to be sinners. Many ignorant people did not understand emotional instability, and often labelled it as insanity. Some elements of the Victorian time were explored and highlighted by important writers such as Hardy and Dickens who underlines ordinary human experiences to make a difference.

'The Withered Arm' is the story that highlights a woman who is marginalized in her society for bearing an illegitimate son by Farmer Lodge. The Farmer continues his life unaltered and remarries a young woman who eventually becomes a victim of his neglect. Dickens presents a similar sympathetic view of women in 'The Black Veil', which tells the story of a suffering woman in poverty who is shown affection by a young practitioner when she asks for his help. Whilst Collins presents a comparable story in 'The Dream Women', he does this less sympathetically, warning the reader