The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy ’s sixth published novel. It first appeared in the magazine Belgravia‚ a publication known for its sensationalism‚ and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December 1878. Due to the novel ’s controversial themes‚ Hardy had some difficulty finding a publisher; reviews‚ however‚ though somewhat mixed‚ were generally positive. In the twentieth century‚ The Return of the Native became one of Hardy ’s most popular novels.[1] |Contents
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Thomas Hardy’s novels are all set in Wessex which is a quasi-mythical region in southern and south-west England. The native community of this area was of particular interest to Hardy‚ and in The Return of the Native this community plays a greater role than it does in other works by Hardy. In The Return of the Native‚ the significance of the rustic characters is not limited to providing mere background scenery or local colour. Instead‚ these characters fulfill various important functions such as commenting
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The Return of the Native: Character Profiles Captain Vye The Captain is the grandfather of Eustacia and before her marriage to Clym she lives with him at Mistover. Christian Cantle Christian Cantle is entrusted by Mrs Yeobright to take Thomasin and Clym their gift of money. He is described as naive and when Wildeve wins the money from him‚ Wildeve’s behavior may be perceived as all the more appalling. Clym Yeobright The eponymous hero of the novel is characterized by the expectations others
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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 style of the novel is different to that of the traditional writing. He uses different narrative mechanisms in making it attractive to its readers. His different approach towards the treatment different components
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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 status. Eustacia deceives Clym and her own emotions. She says she will do anything to get off of the heath she hates. Eustacia uses him with the idea that she will get out of her own personal purgatory and
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wilfulness to be loved‚ and she shows strong will once again with her exchange with Venn in Chapter 10; when he tries to persuade her to give Wildeve up she answers defiantly "[I] will never give him up!" With the talk of Clym ’s return
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Topic Tracking: Fate Fate 1: By chance‚ Captain Vye and the reddleman‚ Diggory Venn‚ walk on the same road. Captain Vye suspects that Thomasin Yeobright is in Venn’s wagon‚ and unmarried. He will later tell his granddaughter‚ Eustacia‚ that Thomasin and Wildeve are not married. Fate 2: It is a combination of fate and scheming that brings Eustacia and Clym together. Eustacia hears from Charley that the Christmas mummers will be performing at the Yeobrights’‚ and she schemes to meet Clym by performing
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Feminist Reading of Hardy’s The Return of the Native Most of Hardy’s novels or better to say all of them are considered to be modern. In fact‚ one can notice so many features of modern novels in his fiction. By referring to Robert Schweik’s article (1994) pertaining to the idea that Hardy has influenced so many modern novelists such as D.H. Lawrence‚ one of the key critics of Hardy novels‚ chiefly in the notion of feminine and treatment of women which is one of the distinguishing features
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Elements of Irony in Native Son Native Son paints a disturbing‚ harsh picture of life within the "Black Belt" of Chicago in the 1940s. Wright uses irony; sometimes subtly and at other times obviously to shape the view of the reader and as a foreshadowing mechanism. From our initial scene to Bigger ’s death‚ the technique of irony employed by Wright is effective‚ and devastating. Our initial symbol which foreshadows the fate of our protagonist is the "huge black rat" (5). The rat represents the feelings
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Universial Themes in "The Return of the Native" and "Great Expectations" Classic novels usually share in the aspect of universal themes which touch people through out the ages. All types of audiences can relate to and understand these underlying ideas. Victorian novels such as Thomas Hardy ’s The Return of the Native and Charles Dickens ’ Great Expectations are examples of literary classics that have universal themes. Hardy ’s tale illustrates the role of chance in his characters lives
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