Therefore, they lead their lives under different circumstances and get different social recognition. Of course, Sue and Arabella are not just contrasting in their appearance but they have oppositional ideas, beliefs and attitudes towards life. She was a complete and substantial female animal - no more, no less. She had a round and prominent bosom, full lips, perfect teeth, and the rich complexion of a Cochin hen's egg. She whom he addressed was a fine dark-eyed girl, not exactly handsome, but capable of passing as such at a little distance, despite some coarseness of skin and fibre. His affection to Arabella Donn is quite different. Her mind, her education, her unconventional beliefs and especially her insistence on these beliefs impress Jude. Jude´s cousin Sue is a “pretty, liquid-eyed, light-footed young woman” 1. Two completely different women, Susanna Bridehead and Arabella Donn, share the same man in Thomas Hardy´s Jude the Obscure.
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