Keywords: setting atmosphere mood symbol character coincidences Abstract: Modern critics consider Hardy a great writer and they consider The Mayor of Casterbridge one of Hardy's two great novels. ... THE SETTING AND SYMBOLS IN THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE The setting place of this novel is Casterbridge (England), a fictional town based on the city of Dorchester. Unlike the other Wessex novels, the action does not revolve from place to place, but instead; everything is centered on the town, which characters leaving or entering Caseterbridge. as they are mentioned in the tale. ... ...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Summary The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. ... The fictional novel is set in the moderate-sized city of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1960s. ... She shows how two sides can come together if they put their differences aside. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School