Thomas Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1840. ... Hardy began his writing career as a novelist and was soon successful enough to leave the field of architecture for writing. ... In his poetry Hardy captures human loss and sorrow. Hardy's poetry usually explores the negative outlook of fate against. ... Thomas Hardy died in 1928. ...
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. ... Besides this, Hardy uses the setting to present the mood of his story. ... Hardy himself preferred poetry to fiction. ... Thomas Hardy said, in the novel, that, " character is fate." ... THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF THE CASTERBRIDGE By Thomas Hardy Macmillan and Co., Limited ST. ...
Thomas Hardy effectively utilizes descriptive language, symbolism, imagery and structure to convey these values. ... Hardy explores the idea of morality in relationships and the notion of a "good woman". ... Hardy depicts the Church as harsh, judgmental and unforgiving- in reality, not very Christian at all. There is a certain element of hypocrisy about the Church in Hardy's portrayal of their teachings. ... The scales of justice are set against Tess when Hardy introduces the concept of fate. ...
"Tess of the D"Ubervilles" is a classic tragedy by Thomas Hardy. ... The characters in "Tess of the D"Ubervilles", especially Tess, are well-rounded three-dimensional characters (although towards the end of this novel Hardy appears to have grown sick of all the other characters but Tess). ... The perception of this novel is certainly more modern but the plot and the properties are most definitely of Hardy's time. ... The reader believes that "Tess of the D"Ubervilles" is the best of Hardy's novels. ... Thomas Hardy fans would immensely enjoy the tragic story of "Tess of the D"Ubervil...
Much like Remarque's novel, Thomas Hardy also addresses the futility of war and the thoughts that go through a soldier's mind in his poem "The Man I Killed." Hardy makes it clear that the majority of men do not choose to go to war; the decision to enlist becomes involuntary for every young man. As Hardy states in his poem " He though he"d [enlist] . . . off hand like . . . no other reason why." ...
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...
