THOMAS HARDY (1814 – 1928) Transitional figure between the Victorian novel and Modernist novel‚ from Desperate Remedies (Victorian) to Jude the Obscure (nearer to Modernism). One of the main characteristics of his writing is the mixture of plausible human beings and strange and uncommon events‚ the mixture of real and fantastic without rational explanation‚ based on superstition. Recurrent themes in Hardy’s writing are: Class distinction (Tess is from the lower class whereas Alec belongs
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Q. How does Hardy make us feel sorry for the character of Sophy? Focus points: - Language - Situation - Character Ans: The themes depicted throughout the story are that of love‚ sacrifice‚ regret‚ relationship issues and most importantly class divisions that were an eminent part of the former world community‚ and are still visible and prominent in some areas of the world. The story is set in the 19th century‚ in the city of London and countryside of North Wessex. The atmosphere of the
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Research Paper Thomas Hardy is a novelist‚ a poet‚ a writer and much more he has been a very huge influence on British liturature. Hardy was influenced by the Romantism period and looked up to both Charles Dickens and William Wordworth. Like Dickens‚ he was very much critical of the Victorian Society. Hardy was born June 2‚ 1840 in the village of Upper Bockhampton. Thomas Hardy was more of a poet than a novelist. I am focusing more on Hardy’s poems where he uses irony‚ imagery‚ and dialect
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power of nature is a common flaw of all humans. In “Convergence of the Twain”‚ Thomas Hardy does not show the same sympathy for Titanic disaster as others throughout history. Instead‚ he emphasizes the inescapable destruction and death caused by the glorious ship. Through the use of poetic devices‚ Hardy depicts the inevitable doom that occurs when the vanity and lavishness of humans challenges the forces of nature. Hardy assembles powerful diction to explain the clash between manmade wonders and nature
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Mankind has fought wars for centuries; over many different types of things like religion‚ resources‚ and territorial growth. “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ can undoubtedly be considered an anti-war poem. The narration takes the reader through the remorse the soldier feels as he considers the weight of his actions. The simple‚ straightforward nature of the poem seemingly begs the reader to understand it. However‚ there are many details in the lines that warrant a second reading. There are several
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someone’s whole lifetime. That one instantaneous decisions garners consequences that if not handled properly‚ may become detrimental. Within “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ the speaker struggles to approach the repercussions brought about by his enlisting in the military. To establish the stark contrast between war and neutrality‚ Thomas Hardy opens and closes “The Man He Killed” in a bar‚ a common place where a plethora of people can meet. In doing so‚ he delves into the deeper concept of corruption
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reasoning behind any individual’s decision making. Similar to this reasoning‚ Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” questions human behavior in relation to impulse‚ morality‚ and consequence. When someone makes an impulse decision‚ that individual is acting based on one’s own personal nature. In this instance‚ an individual will not think about the action that they are doing‚ but rather‚ they simply move based on predisposition. In Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed‚” the speaker is recounting a time in which
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During Wind and Rain‚ Hardy uses up to 5 themes ‚4 major ones and a minor one in it to portray the imagery and situation of what the poet himself is trying to set forward. The first theme of Time shows how Hardy is very aware that time moves on. Nothing lasts for-ever. All joys are temporary. Human happiness is only temporary. Each stanza ends with an image of the years passing. He seems to regret the changes that time has brought to the happy family scenes. In all case Hardy introduces the subject
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This poem presents its composer‚ Thomas Hardy‚ through a persona of grief over his late wife. The poem is contextualized immediately after Mrs. Hardys death as the widowed persona stands by her grave. The poem moves from third person perspective through to a first person point of view. It reflects on the personas guilt of mistreating his late wife before her death and his yearning to be with her in the present. Would I lay there And she were housed there! Or better‚ togetherWe both‚ - who would
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The narrator’s overall attitude changes from the first quatrain to the fourth quatrain. Thomas Hardy‚ the author‚ reveals this change very subtly. In the poem‚ “The Man He Killed‚” the main character is fighting a war. He meets a man‚ and is forced to kill him because he is on the opposite side of the war. But later in the poem he wishes he could have met the person in a different environment‚ not during the war. The story starts off with our narrator stating that he wishes it was a different time
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