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Wuthering Heights
The first thing to consider is that the Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, in the second longest reign in English history, only recently surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II. This was a period of...
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The Return of the Native
You are very welcome!
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The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy's first chapter of The Return of the Native is devoted to a lengthy description of Egdon Heath suggesting that it is both a natural and an intrinsic force in the lives of the...
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The Return of the Native
Eustacia Vye above all is a character who is shown to not fit in with her rural setting. The novel constantly describes her as being a "goddess" or some form of mystical, other-worldly creature,...
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The Return of the Native
You might like to consider the way that Egdon Heath is linked to some sort of primeval past in the novel. This effect is achieved through the description we are given of the Heath in Chapter One on...
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The Return of the Native
It is clear that in this novel, Egdon Heath in some ways is presented as being more of a character than some of the characters themselves. Note the time and space that is devoted to describing...
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The Return of the Native
The young lady—for youth had revealed its presence in her buoyant bound up the bank—walked along the top instead of descending inside, and came to the corner where the fire was burning. One...
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The Return of the Native
Clym Yeobright is of course the character who corresponds to the title of the book, as he returns to his native land. However, although Clym is clearly one ofthe major characters, he spends the...
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The Return of the Native
Key to answering this question is understanding the way in which Hardy presents Eustacia Vye as being intimately connected to the malign forces of Egdon Heath. The Heath itself is so important that...
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The Return of the Native
The love triangle is a key element in the plot of this classic work. Let us remember that it starts of with the relationship that Eustacia and Wildeve have enjoyed, and how this relationship is...
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The Return of the Native
I take it you are refering to the first section of this great novel, in which Chapter Seven is entiteld "Queen of Night." This chapter is key in building up our impression of Eustacia Vye,...
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The Return of the Native
Egdon Heath is not simply the setting of Hardy's Return of the Native. Rather, in some ways, it is another character, symbolic of an all-seeing, uninvolved god. Hardy personifies the heath in his...
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The Return of the Native
To turn the question around a little, if I were to be studying The Return of the Native, I would want to have all the delicious irony traced and elaborated upon prior to my own analyses--and if I...
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The Return of the Native
Are you merely making an observation from the novel, or are you trying to encourage discussion? If you are arguing that the heath is just as much a character in Return of the Native as the novel's...
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The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy is classified as neither a romantic nor a realistic writer but a naturalistic one. However, since naturalism is in many ways an outgrowth of realism, Hardy probably aligns more...
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The Return of the Native
a mistake. I can't agree with that view.
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The Return of the Native
main theme in the return of the native is human's fragility against nature and the dire consequences that a human being can suffer for his/her determination to play the role of destiny in their...
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The Return of the Native
Egdon Heath is the setting of the novel and is integral to the events in it. The book begins with a vivid description of the heath, emphasizing the flat, infertile land. Nothing can be grown there...
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The Return of the Native
‘The Return of the Native’ is the book of Egdon Heath. In his other novels the scene could be transported to some other part of Wessex, but in this novel, it remains unchanged. Egdon is...
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The Return of the Native
Egdon Heath, the rather grim setting of the novel, is the embodiment of Nature against which several of the characters struggle, unfortunately, unsuccessfully. Although the theme of man against...
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The Return of the Native
Your question could be interpreted in a couple of ways; so I've listed below examples of those interpretations below. Rustics (in reference to rustic elements): In Native, Hardy devotes much of the...
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The Return of the Native
Thank you for this brilliant question. In Thomas Hardy's novel The Return of the Native, the setting (Egdon Heath) is as important as anything in the novel and the experience of spatiality lies at...
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The Return of the Native
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...
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The Return of the Native
For Native, Hardy chooses the same type of narration that he uses for many of his novels. His third person omniscient narration is key because it represents Hardy's version of Providence or God....
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The Return of the Native
The 5th of November bonfires as lit up by the Egdon rustics represent a celebratory, ritual fire which is very different from Eustacia's fire seeking the attention of Damon Wildeve, her fire being...
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The Return of the Native
Arguably, the most important scene from Hardy's masterpiece is the one in which Eustacia will not open the door to her mother-in-law. Mrs. Yeobright takes this as her son's rejection of her after...
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The Return of the Native
The above commentator rightly argues about how the characters in Hardy’s novel do not have control over their lives. However, it can also be added in this regard that Hardy’s philosophy of life...
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The Return of the Native
I'm thinking you are referring to Book V, since several of the books contain a "chapter 5", and it is written differently than the other books.Book V is characterized by quick movements...