Many of the characters in The Return of the Native are deeply flawed, and exhibit many ambiguous motivations. However, sifting through their tragic mishaps, mistakes, misfortunes and stupidity, one can find that each character does have some trace of a distinct character type. The sympathetic character in the novel is Clym Yeobright, Damon Wildeve is the villain, and Diggory Venn and Eustacia Vye can both be considered the heroes in the novel, depending on who you talk to. One may proclaim Diggory to be a more worthy hero, citing his ability to always save Thomasin from too much trouble and his undying love to her. However, another might also say that Eustacia is the type of character in which most people can relate to, and is the most dramatic and well-written about character. She is the perfect example of the failure of humans to overcome what they were given, and she can be seen as a heroine for her persistence to escape it.
Well-meaning, intelligent in certain ways, Clym Yeobright is not suited to life in the real world of his day. He dislikes city life as "effeminate," but when he returns to Egdon, no one understands his ambition to teach school. His ideas come from books rather than from direct experience with people. Unfortunately, he does not really know himself, either. He thinks he is rational and controlled; but love for Eustacia causes him to act rashly. He thinks he is morally right; but this leads him to be cruel to others, whom he believes to be in the wrong. Clym is too sensitive. His constant thinking almost seems to weaken him physically; his studying literally makes him an invalid for a while. His high ideas are not very practical. In day-to-day experiences with other people, he often has little or no idea what they want, or what they are thinking. Yet this does not make him ridiculous. We have to respect him because he is struggling to find the truth of life. Though he is sometimes obtuse, he is never thoughtless.
In conclusion Hitler was one of the most well known villians on the face of this earth through our eyes and especially the Jews because of all of his wrong doings. But was also looked apon as a leader and a hero to the Germans. ...
Christopher Columbus, often credited with "discovering" the Americas, can be considered a hero of many. Although Leif Eriksson is thought to have been the first to have sailed across the Atlantic, it was Columbus's triumphant return that led to the colonization of the New World by Europeans. ... To the early settlers and to admirers of the modern world as we know it, Columbus was indeed a hero. ... Even today, many Native Americans are faced with poverty and joblessness. ... Is Columbus a hero or a tyrant? ...
Occasionally in these narratives, a lone Native American would travel with the hero as a faithful companion. In general, however, Native Americans are portrayed as a form of civilized wildlife. ... Tate also describes the Native American's unique form of bartering referred to as reciprocation. ... This naturally led to plenty of misunderstandings between the emigrants and Native Americans. ... Two Native American youths found the lost travelers in the mountain only to be murdered and eaten (66). ...
The Native Americans were a group that kept no written records. ... Each tribe also had a "culture hero," whose job was to socialize the tribe. ... So they wept, because no on would answer them, and they couldn't return to their former place. ... The Native American Church formed in 1921, beginning in Oklahoma. ... The Native American Church came to the Indians during their darkest hour. ...
Anti-heroes have been around for centuries. ... Anti-heroes are protagonists who, unlike the traditional hero, lacks conventional heroic attributes such as morality, courage, and selflessness. ... Therefore, they will be more drawn to the anti-hero, who succeeds in their goals despite their flaws, as opposed to the hero, who is far too righteous and always wins. ... Because anti-heroes lack a true identity, they will often play both the good and the bad guy, which makes them less predictable than the traditional hero. ... Because their actions are more or less counterintuitive, their actions a...
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Symbolism is used throughout the entire novel Return of the Native to create a sense of conflict and suspense. ... He begins to hate his job there in Paris and decides to return to the Heath in search of something he believes more meaningful and wishes to settle down in a more rural environment. ... Yeobright, Clym's mother, wants Clym to return to Paris because she believes he will be happier there and has a chance to make money. ... She hopes that because Clym returned to the Heath that one day he will hopefully go back to Paris. ... Although she had a chance to return to Budmouth, ...
Despite the Native American's resistance the Spanish ultimately prevailed. ... As well as, French Colonists in present day Canada and the allied Native Americans. ... The French gave the Native Americans glass beads, metal tools, weapons, kettles, and woolen cloth for clothing, in return for the Native's valuable pelts. ... The Huron Confederacy was a local Native American tribe. ... In 1632 the Jesuits returned to New France in order to establish missions. ...
Throughout "The return of the native", Thomas Hardy is very successful in showing how the heath is untamable and becomes what each character wants it to be. ... Hardy shows, throughout "The return of The Native", that he is successful in drawing up images inside the readers mind. ...