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flawra
flawra
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High School - 12th Grade

In Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, what job does Sue have when she goes back to Phillotson?

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Posted by flawra on Saturday December 13, 2008 at 9:20 AM and tagged with characters, jude, jude the obscure, phillotson, plot, sue.

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  1. morrol
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    Sue wants to be a teacher. Phillotson is a professor. When Sue goes back to Phillotson, she works as a teaching assistant in his school. She is learning how to be a teacher from Phillotson. This is ironic, of course, because Jude at one time idealized Phillotson as a man who could teach him all of the great ideas and languages of the world. Phillotson represents all that is outside and beyond Jude's country world. When Sue leaves for Phillotson, she then becomes part of the world that is beyond Jude's limits.

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    Posted by morrol on Friday December 26, 2008 at 1:07 PM