When she is talking to troy about their marriage, she
addresses him with a desperate, yet kind and loving and respected tone. Such is
her sweet nature that even when Troy tries to avoid the topic of marriage she innocently
keeps on persisting. She is weak-hearted and is a lonely character. Hardy shows
her as an orphan, bought up by the respectable and dignified Mr. Boldwood.
Fanny does not have the confidence or will to stand up for
herself. Without thinking twice, she goes to chase after a Sergeant who is not
even in love with her. She is mistreated by him as he promises to marry her,
but then does not. She becomes pregnant and Troy does not even know. Rather, he
marries Bathsheba and while he enjoyed his life, throwing away all of
Bathsheba’s money, Fanny was weak, penniless and desperate. She did not have
any support, physical or emotional and died after giving birth. The baby also
died. She died while she was on her way to The Caster Bridge Union House.
Fanny’s coffin stayed in the house of Bathsheba Everdene for
a while and it was again realized that she did not have any family or loved one
who would be deeply concerned for her.
Thus, an overall picture of Fanny is created which is that
of a sweet girl who was taken advantage of. She is shown as weak and helpless
and always dependant on others. Fanny’s character makes me feel sad as she was
greatly mistreated and I think that she did not deserve to be treated so
inhumanly. Also, I feel that even though she was weak physically, she was
definitely not weak emotionally as anyone who experiences such depths of pain
throughout life is bound to become strong, emotionally.
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