The Return of the Native Group

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cutiechandrika
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Clym as a modern man in the novel 'The Return of the Native'

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Posted by cutiechandrika on Saturday May 30, 2009 at 11:46 PM and tagged with reference, the return of the native.

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  1. kc4u Teacher
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    The title of Hardy's novel, The Return of the Native refers to Clym Yeobright who returns to his native Egdon having given up the accomplished profession of a diamond-trader in Paris. Clym returns with his books and an altruistic mission to set up schools in Egdon and Budmouth. His mission and intention, however miscarried, make Clym a dedicated reformist bent on changing the so long unaltered face of primitive Egdon. Clym works hard to become a school-master, loves and marries Eustacia with the hope that the young woman from Budmouth would stand by his side in translating his dream. To work for social-economic development through education must be a modern agendum that ironically leads to the tragedy of Clym. The ancient Egdon heath thus finds its opponent in Clym, the educated and enterprising youth from Paris, whose schoolmaster plan aims at a change in the life and economy of the heath-dwellers.

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    Posted by kc4u on Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 8:45 AM