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tyuiop
tyuiop
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High School - 9th Grade

Who is the main character in the novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'?

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Posted by tyuiop on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 11:32 AM and tagged with characters, michael henchard, the mayor of casterbridge.

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  1. kiwi
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    High School - 12th Grade

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    The main character of the novel is Michael Henchard. He begins the novel as a farm labourer who controversially sells his wife and daughter in a fit of drunken despondency at his own poverty.

    This dramatic opening event leads to Henchard swearing a vow to abstain from drink and to locate his wife and daughter who were bought by a sailor.

    Despite his hard work, dedication to success and rising to the eminent position of Mayor of Casterbridge, the cyclical nature of the novel means that Henchard loses what he does gain and dies in financial and emotional poverty: ending his story as it began.

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    Posted by kiwi on Sunday November 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM