Far from the Madding Crowd Chapter 1-11 important quotes explained
Chapter 1:
"She simply observed herself as a fair product of Nature in the feminine kind." – The girl that Gabriel is watching from a distance seems very vain as she looks at herself in the mirror and blushes at herself.
"Let the young woman pass,” - says Oak after giving his to pence to the gatekeeper. I don’t think his kindness was coming completely from the fact that the girl was attractive; I think Oak is just an all around nice guy.
"She might have looked her thanks to Gabriel on a minute scale, but she did not speak them; more probably, she felt none." – The girl seems to put herself on a pedestal. From Gabriel’s point of view she seems arrogant and as if she thinks she’s better than everyone else. Maybe that’s why she didn’t feel the need to pay the additional to pence.
Chapter 2:
"The trees on the right and the trees on the left wailed or chaunted to each other in the regular antiphonies of a cathedral choir." – Hardy continuously gives the reader a visual by illustrating the natural surroundings. "Having for some time known the want of a satisfactory form to fill an increasing void within him, his position moreover affording the widest scope for his fancy, he painted her a beauty." – This shows another side of Gabriel. Apart from his “practical” side, he has a romantic side, as well. Since he just saw the girl he’ given money to, this foreshadows a relationship between them.
Chapter 3:
"The tall lank pony seemed used to such doings, and ambled along unconcerned. Thus she passed under the level boughs." –This quote leads me to believe that the way the girl laid back on her pony was not typical. It may not be done by other women, but her pony didn’t seem fazed. This showed me the girl is somewhat free-spirited.
"Was succeeded in the girl by a nettled palpitation, and that by a hot face." – When Gabriel and the girl speak to each other, the girl realizes Gabriel saw her riding her pony. The girl becomes a bit embarrassed. It’s obvious that
"She simply observed herself as a fair product of Nature in the feminine kind." – The girl that Gabriel is watching from a distance seems very vain as she looks at herself in the mirror and blushes at herself.
"Let the young woman pass,” - says Oak after giving his to pence to the gatekeeper. I don’t think his kindness was coming completely from the fact that the girl was attractive; I think Oak is just an all around nice guy.
"She might have looked her thanks to Gabriel on a minute scale, but she did not speak them; more probably, she felt none." – The girl seems to put herself on a pedestal. From Gabriel’s point of view she seems arrogant and as if she thinks she’s better than everyone else. Maybe that’s why she didn’t feel the need to pay the additional to pence.
Chapter 2:
"The trees on the right and the trees on the left wailed or chaunted to each other in the regular antiphonies of a cathedral choir." – Hardy continuously gives the reader a visual by illustrating the natural surroundings. "Having for some time known the want of a satisfactory form to fill an increasing void within him, his position moreover affording the widest scope for his fancy, he painted her a beauty." – This shows another side of Gabriel. Apart from his “practical” side, he has a romantic side, as well. Since he just saw the girl he’ given money to, this foreshadows a relationship between them.
Chapter 3:
"The tall lank pony seemed used to such doings, and ambled along unconcerned. Thus she passed under the level boughs." –This quote leads me to believe that the way the girl laid back on her pony was not typical. It may not be done by other women, but her pony didn’t seem fazed. This showed me the girl is somewhat free-spirited.
"Was succeeded in the girl by a nettled palpitation, and that by a hot face." – When Gabriel and the girl speak to each other, the girl realizes Gabriel saw her riding her pony. The girl becomes a bit embarrassed. It’s obvious that