Abstract
As Eggins (2005) believes, there are obvious or concealed purposes behind any use of language. So, language evaluation seems essential for realizing theses goals. Recognizing the producers' goals in their discourse will lead to the recognition of their ideology and even ideology of the community they have lived in. The present study considering Appraisal System in some short stories written by Thomas Hardy aims to discover the ways the writer impresses his readers implicitly and makes them accept his hidden ideologies. The Appraisal framework developed by Martin and Rose (2003) is used to analyze the clauses in the stories to manifest writer's point of view towards male and female characters. The study focuses on the way Appraisal resources contribute to the creation of ideologies in the lines of the stories and transfers them to the readers’ minds. The results shed the light on the issue and make readers think critically. Being aware of the fact that texts are ideologically loaded, readers' awareness needs to be developed.
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