Bathsheba Everdene's Strenghts and Weaknesses in Far from the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba Everdene’s Strengths And Weaknesses in Far from the Madding Crowd and how most of them are shown in our first encounter with Bathsheba in the first chapter at the incident at the toll gate.
Robbie Deffense 11AB
In Thomas Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd”, we become acquainted with the leading character, the very independent and vain Bathsheba Everdene. In this essay, I will discuss Bathsheba’s character by attempting to describe her strengths and weaknesses, and show how most of these characteristics are delivered to us on our first encounter with Bathsheba’s in the incident at the tollgate. Bathsheba Everdene is the young beauty in Hardy’s novel; she comes across as a woman with many strengths and weaknesses. We find that she does not lack beauty; this is a reason why many men desire her. Hardy uses words such as “young and attractive” and “the handsome girl” to transmit Bathsheba’s beauty. To further enforce how Hardy wants us to perceive Bathsheba, Hardy used a name from the Biblical figure who was also named Bathsheba, she too was beautiful and men fell deeply in love with her upon their first gaze. However, sometimes with such beauty comes a large amount of vanity, which is Bathsheba’s biggest weakness.
We first meet Bathsheba Everdene in the incident at the tollgate. Farmer Oak sees an ornamental spring wagon coming down the incline of the field. Walking beside the wagon is a Waggoner with a whip in hand. On the wagon there are household goods and seated is the “young and attractive” Bathsheba. The Waggoner stops the wagon to tell her that the wagons tailboard has gone and she tells him to run back and get it, which he does, which already shows how much power Bathsheba has. While she waits quietly on the wagon for the Waggoner’s return, she pulls out a mirror and places it on her lap, then proceeds to “survey” herself, then smiles. And the more that she gazes upon herself the more she smiles and the more she blushes. This clearly
Robbie Deffense 11AB
In Thomas Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd”, we become acquainted with the leading character, the very independent and vain Bathsheba Everdene. In this essay, I will discuss Bathsheba’s character by attempting to describe her strengths and weaknesses, and show how most of these characteristics are delivered to us on our first encounter with Bathsheba’s in the incident at the tollgate. Bathsheba Everdene is the young beauty in Hardy’s novel; she comes across as a woman with many strengths and weaknesses. We find that she does not lack beauty; this is a reason why many men desire her. Hardy uses words such as “young and attractive” and “the handsome girl” to transmit Bathsheba’s beauty. To further enforce how Hardy wants us to perceive Bathsheba, Hardy used a name from the Biblical figure who was also named Bathsheba, she too was beautiful and men fell deeply in love with her upon their first gaze. However, sometimes with such beauty comes a large amount of vanity, which is Bathsheba’s biggest weakness.
We first meet Bathsheba Everdene in the incident at the tollgate. Farmer Oak sees an ornamental spring wagon coming down the incline of the field. Walking beside the wagon is a Waggoner with a whip in hand. On the wagon there are household goods and seated is the “young and attractive” Bathsheba. The Waggoner stops the wagon to tell her that the wagons tailboard has gone and she tells him to run back and get it, which he does, which already shows how much power Bathsheba has. While she waits quietly on the wagon for the Waggoner’s return, she pulls out a mirror and places it on her lap, then proceeds to “survey” herself, then smiles. And the more that she gazes upon herself the more she smiles and the more she blushes. This clearly