The French Lieutenant's Woman

Main Ideas

• Freedom of choice and fate: An exploration of how characters make choices that determine their fate and how these choices impact their lives.
• Victorian morality and hypocrisy: A critique of Victorian society, its moral standards, and hypocrisy, especially regarding women and their roles in society.
• Love and passion: An exploration of various forms of love and passion, their impact on the characters' lives, and their internal conflicts.
• Feminism and emancipation: Issues of women's independence, emancipation, and the struggle for equal rights in the context of the Victorian era.
• Postmodernism and metafiction: The use of postmodern techniques, such as metafiction and breaking the fourth wall, to explore the nature of storytelling and the role of the author.