The Return of the Native | Ideas For Further Discussions
In The Return of the Native Hardy examines the process of England's movement from an agrarian to an urban civilization, and from a community of faith to a blend of rural superstition and general doubt.
1. Any conversation about The Return of the Native inevitably turns on the character and power of Eustacia Vye. This study has focused on her evolution from the witch/temptress figure to the complex woman Hardy created. Readers might well examine their own responses to this character. Is her wish for a more glamorous life unreasonable? Is she willful to a fault? Does...
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