In Thomas Hardy's novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge, the fruit of cruelty and insensitivity appear throughout the novel. ... Joshua Jopp, a corn-factor in Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, shows his ability to be cruel and insensitive in the novel. ... In addition to Joshua Jopp, Thomas Hardy uses the townspeople to demonstrate cruelty and insensitivity in The Mayor of Casterbridge. ... Although Thomas Hardy's presentation of Joshua Jopp and the townspeople show signs of cruelty and insensitivity in The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hardy also uses meek and humble people, such as Eliza...

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Although Thomas Hardy's novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge presents predetermination as a major role in the characters lives, the novel should also be seen as a platform for free will. ... Hardy is Victorian, also' (Ray 7) Thomas Hardy was considered a fatalist. ... The Mayor of Casterbridge, like most of Hardy's work, is in fact more the platform for chance, which according to Roget's Thesaurus is, Absence of purpose in the succession of events. ... Henchard, like the other characters in Thomas Hardy's novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge are given choices to...

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Despite the fact that The Mayor of Casterbridge is not a drama in which we vicariously participate by watching an action and identifying ourselves with certain characters on stage, we may argue that Michael Henchard satisfies many of the Aristotelian requirements for the tragic hero. ... http://www.goldenessays.com/alphabetic/1/book-rep/mayor-of-casterbridge.htm In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard represents an incarnation of the Classical "tragic hero." ... Surely such a description fits the hubristic Michael Henchard and maps out the tale of events set...

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The pre twentieth novels "The Mayor of Casterbridge- written by Thomas Hardy and "Wuthering Heights- composed by the author Emily Bronte are based upon the lives of two men who had loved and lost, and the situations and outcomes that resulted from their foolish and wise decisions that they made throughout their lives. ... At the opening of "The Mayor of Casterbridge- Michael Henchard's actions are foolish and thoughtless, an example of this is when he consumes excessive amounts of "strongly laced- furmity and sells his wife and child to a sailor whose acquaintance he had only just made. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate