"The withered- arm and other Wessex tales' by Thomas Hardy How does Thomas Hardy portray his female characters in this collection of short stories? ... Hardy again has shown signs of sympathy because Gertrude did not deserve to have her arm withered'. ... Hardy uses words to describe Sophie such as invalid', it', poor thing', these words all suggesting Hardy is creating sympathy. In this short story Hardy gives strong feelings against class distinction, prejudice and snobbery. ... I think this is more evidence that Hardy understands women as this is a...

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Hardy himself seems unclear about the nature of Henchard's hamartia when he quotes Novalis: "Character is fate"--certainly a useful aphorism for a Victorian novelist, though something about which Aristotle in The Poetics does not address. ... However, in terms of emotional response, the ultimate fate of Tess, scion of once-proud aristocratic family brought low by Hardy's twin enemies of humanity (Time and Chance), arouses more pity and fear in a modern reader than does Henchard's. ... http://www.goldenessays.com/alphabetic/1/book-rep/mayor-of-casterbridge.htm In Thomas ...

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Tess Durbeyfield, in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a protagonist who elicits the sympathy of the reader as she suffers, acts, and triumphs over her antagonist, who is embodied by the character of Alec D'Urberville, Tess' wealthy defile. ... Tess Durbeyfield, in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is a tragic heroes because she suffers, faces great losses, and triumphs in her attainment of wisdom. ...

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After much turmoil and tribulation, sorrow and pain, and sweat and tears, the final fates of the characters in Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d"Urbervilles were dealt their final fate. ... [Hardy, pg. 329] After all of Alec's persuasion, and assurance that he has changed, he still reverts to his old techniques when attempting to attain Tess" affection. ... [Hardy, pg. 389] This final blow dealt to Angel is the most fitting conclusion to the fate that he helped bestow upon Tess, and proves that Angel's fate is justified in the end. ... [Hardy, pg. 388] Through all h...

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