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castigate
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It's not difficult to imagine what the News of the World would make of a story like that, particularly as the celebrity in this case was a well known champion of the poor and a castigator of the rich and powerful - a "do-gooder", to use the modern term of contempt.
He is aware of the worst and the possibilities for good in his protagonist and is neither his castigator nor his advocate.
Of course, most readings, criticism, and adaptations of Hardy position him as a practitioner rather than a castigator of this mode.
 
 
 
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