Hardy Cross

In both “The Darkling Thrush” and “Great Rock and Roll Pauses”, the texts explore the realizations made and the perspectives gained. Both texts use the setting as a moment of awareness. In both texts, they use the scenery as a time to reflect on the times to come. The speaker of the poem is wandering through woods while the characters of “Great Rock and Roll Pauses” are walking around the dessert. Both landscapes are dead and barren, empty of any distractions which intensifies the need for interpersonal

Role of Servants Excerpt: “Find them out whose names are written here? It is written, that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil and the painter with his nets. But I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ. I must to the learned in good time!” (Act I Scene II) Explanation: This excerpt is from Peter, a servant of the Capulet family, when he is told to

Thomas Hardy, the readers will inquire information from the author through use of imagery. In the first three stanzas Hardy reminisces about a memory he has with a past loved one. During the last stanza, Hardy reflects how the relationship shaped him. The speaker is aggravated mentally by the disappointment of love, believing that things were once beautiful.  He is devastated and frustrated when love perishes and feels deceived by the sweet promises love had to offer. In the first stanza, Hardy compares

"[Loud and horrific whaling noises]" —Octaviara talking to her "parents". Octaviara Ostara Susanna Von Malfoy (born Octaviara Ostara Susanna Potter Lestrange) or "Tavia" is a pureblood witch and was born to James Potter and Bellatrix Lestrange on the 31st October 1979 in Azkaban Prison, without the knowledge of the authorities. Until the age of six, she was raised in the prison by dementors; who, due to the fact she lived there in secret and was not fed, were forced to allow her to eat their flesh

Some people know their fate from the day they are born, while others are wandering through life. The only thing that connects everyone in the entire human race is the belief and hope that actions can change or speed up one’s fate. Such struggles with fate is depicted not just in life, but in fiction, as Edith Hamilton describes in Mythology “we see countless characters who go to great lengths in attempts to alter fate, even if they know such an aim to be futile.” Although Macbeth does not attempt

success and reputation that they had. In The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy weaves this idea throughout the events and symbols that make up this story about the rise and fall of a man named Michael Henchard. The novel utilizes the actions of Henchard and others alongside dynamics and traditions within the town to convey the theme that success and reputation are not guaranteed to last,rgtc once they are earned. Hardy uses the repercussions of Henchard’s manipulation of others, the stone bridge

In Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the novels show the climax of the novel in the best way possible. Both protagonists Janie Crawford and Tess D’Urberville confront the men in their lives and choose actions that worsen their situation. Hardy and Hurston utilize characterization to showcase the internal struggles of their protagonists in order to create the ultimate climax in the novel.

Being in the right place, at the right time, can make all of the difference in the world. No matter how empowered or fragile one can claim to be, luck of the draw can turn anyone’s fate into fortune. Or perhaps instead, these situations could take someone down a much darker path. Whichever outcome is chosen is not dependant on those who are victim to the consequences to follow. But instead these fates are unraveled by an existential power, one of which that relies on a matter of timing and another’s

Literary Devices, “The etymology of the term foil testifies the aforementioned assertion as the word ‘foil’ is taken from the practice of backing gems with foil (tool) so that they shine more brightly.” Throughout The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy sets up multiple pairs of characters as foils to contrast them and express his opinion of what attributes a person should have. Michael Henchard, who cares more for personal gain, is a foil to Richard Newson, who cares for his wife and daughter. Elizabeth-Jane

| HAP (1865) | |   If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: "Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy, That thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!" Then would I bear, and clench myself, and die, Steeled by the sense of ire unmerited; Half-eased, in, that a Powerfuller than I Had willed and meted me the tears I shed. But not so. How arrives it joy lies slain, And why unblooms the best hope ever sown? --Crass Casualty obstructs the sun and rain, And