1. Social morality in
Tom Jones
By Henry Fielding

2. Morality in fielding's novel
His major novels
Joseph Andrews
Tom Jones
Amelia

3. style
Strong moral
massage
Presented various
ways

4. Allworthy’s words
“However quality the
parents might be
the children were
certainly innocent.”

5. Fielding’s personal qualities
Fielding’s belief that personal
qualities are more important
than social standing. And his
admiration for characters who
share his belief.

6. Sophia’s description of Tom.
 So brave, and yet so gentle; so
witty, yet so inoffensive; so
humane, so civil, so genteel, so
handsome. What signifies his
being base born, when compared
with such qualifications as these?
 Tom is not such a perfect picture
of morality.

7. Nobility of heart V/S Nobility of birth
So called social morality is the
result of irony in the novel.
To give a moral lesson fielding
uses “ I ” and “ my ” readers.