Thomas Hardy, a writer of nineteenth century society, has created an everlasting impact on its readers through his most profound and lively characters with varied dimensions in personality. He gave his characters a touch of realism with an in-depth intensity to misunderstand their real nature and...
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Although Eustacia Vye, the protagonist in Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, just wants to get out of the heath, her actions alone could be considered immoral. Even before she meets Clym, Eustacia decides to fall in love with him. She makes herself infatuated with him because of his social...
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Thomas Hardy’s novel, The Return of the Native was influenced greatly by naturalistic ideals. Hardy cultivated his rural setting, Egdon heath, to be a place that strongly influences the main character of the novel and supports his theme of “survival of the fittest”. Eustacia Vye, the anti-heroine...
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The Return of the Native: Style The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth novel and probably his best known. The story focuses on the lives and loves of residents in the fictional county of Wessex, England, an area which was based on the rural area where Hardy was raised. The narrative...
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18 September, 2013 Theme Analysis for The Return of the Native In Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native man is often influenced by his or her surroundings whether one is aware of it or not. The heath functions as its own character in addition to being an evocative backdrop that has some...
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“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?” — — “Backlock, a poet blind from his birth, could describe visual objects with accuracy; Professor Sanderson, who was also blind, gave excellent lectures on color, and taught others the theory of ideas which they had and...
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The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth fresh and likely his best known. The narrative focuses on the lives and loves of occupants in the fictional county of Wessex. England. an country which was based on the rural country where Hardy was raised. The narrative manner of the novel is...
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1. Many critics feel that ‘The Return of the Native’ is too pessimistic. How far do you agree with this? 2. “The main interest in the novel lies in the characters of the three women and the ways in which the return of the native affects their destinies”. Account for the effect Clym’s return has on...
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