What is the significance of the character, Fanny Robin in the novel "Far From the Madding Crowd?"

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What is the significance of the character, Fanny Robin in the novel "Far From the Madding Crowd?"

Thomas Hardy has aimed to make a sub plot which is based on the main characters surrounding Fanny Robin and the events she causes, Fanny is actually a minor character in the novel but the question "What is the significance of the character, Fanny Robin in the novel Far From the Madding Crowd?" is asking how important Fanny Robin is in the novel and why she is in the novel. Also I believe that Hardy has put the character Fanny Robin in the novel to cause tension and irony between the main characters and Fanny Robin, Hardy uses this novel to make a form of entertainment as well as sending a message about the way 19th century men treat working class women. More to the point is for me to describe the significance of Fanny Robin.

I can see that from Fanny's surname that hardy wanted to create connotations to her surname and this was just the simplicity of her character. Robin gives an idea of an animal that is small, fragile and beautiful but is also vulnerable and timid. I