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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Music. It heals wounds‚ relieves stress and motivates people. Music is everywhere‚ whether it is played in pubs and clubs‚ or cars and spas: there is even evidence that cavemen were jammin’ in their caves. In the past however‚ music took serious talent to make. One would have to dedicate years to learning an instrument‚ and write songs that aren’t just catchy‚ but ‘speak’ to an audience‚ with passionate meaning underpinning behind the lyrics. Nowadays the music industry is expanding rapidly; seemingly
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Philip Larkin was born in 1922 in Coventry‚ England. Like Thomas Hardy‚ he focused on intense personal emotion but strictly avoided sentimentality or self-pity. Deeply anti-social and a great lover (and published critic) of American jazz‚ Larkin never married and conducted an uneventful life as a librarian in the provincial city of Hull‚ where he died in 1985. This short poem touches on a favourite theme of Larkin’s - the distance between what we originally plan and what‚ in the end‚ we achieve
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Thomas Hardy as a War Poet Thomas Hardy is one of the most famous and prolific British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most people recognize Hardy as an author of novels‚ but he preferred to write poetry. Both his novels and his poetry give a pessimistic view of the world. Subjects for his poetry include nature‚ love‚ and war. Most of his poems on war have tragic themes and present humans as having little control over their destinies. A major theme of Thomas Hardy’s tragic
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Questions Phase the First: The Maiden 1. What are your initial impressions of Tess? Tess d’Urberville was immediately imbued with a sense of pride and passion. Her richly detailed description of her personality and appearance made it clear that Hardy intended for her to be interpreted as a pure girl- unaware of her sexuality and odd aesthetic appeal. This was especially reflected in the quote ’You could sometimes see her 12th year in her cheeks‚ or her 9th sparkling from her eyes‚ and even her
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individuals in society‚ it is essential to understand that‚ “[a] victim mind-set causes people to focus on what they cannot do instead of what they can do. It is a recipe for continued failure” (Maxwell). Tess Durbeyfield‚ in Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy‚ and Edna Pontellier‚ in The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ develop a victim mind-set and shape themselves around inadequate men more deeply than Dominique Francon‚ in The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Tess Durbeyfield becomes a victim of the inadequate
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Tragedy Designed by Fate ----a book report on Jude the Obscure Written by Thomas Hardy in the 19th century‚ Jude the Obscure is a masterpiece known by the world. It tells a story of Jude Fawley‚ the hero‚ and Sue‚ the heroine. Jude Fawley‚ a village stonemason‚ was always dreaming of going to the Christminster‚ a city modeled after Oxford. He spared no efforts to study Latin and Greek by himself. Although he was looked down upon by many people‚ he was still full of passion and confidence
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lives and so make an important contribution‚ either to their families or to social welfare‚ the woman’s position [was] to preside over a loving home whilst men were to brave the vicissitude and demands of public and business life’ Novelists Thomas Hardy and Emily Brontë present us with two strong and independent females Tess Durbeyfield and Catherine Earnshaw. These women are far from the idealistic view of nineteenth century females; Tess‚ intelligent and strikingly attractive‚ strives to uphold
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philosopher. This quote explains that in war it does not matter whether or not you do the right thing‚ but whether or not you know how to survive. This quote relates to Liam O’ Flaherty’s short story and Thomas Hardy’s poem. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man He killed” by Thomas Hardy both literary works show similarities and differences by the use of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. In the two passages‚ there were many similarities‚ but there were also some differences throughout the plot.
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find many subcategories‚ and‚ of these‚ Thomas Hardy takes a bold stance on one very specific‚ but nonetheless controversial‚ issue.
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