Sir Thomas Hardy

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

In the poem, “ Neutral Tones” ,by 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

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

initial 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

for 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

| 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

The Pure Voice in Tess of the D'Urbervilles        Thomas Hardy often alludes to his heroine as the "soft and silent Tess."  "Soft" certainly insinuates her beauty, which Harrtainly insinuates her beauty, which Hardy stresses as her downfall.  However, it seems that Tess's silence is the all-pervading reason for her tragedies.  "The two men she encounters in her life steal her voice: one with violence, the other with his own language"(Jacobus 47).  Tess struggles with the damage that these

Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge. Sex is so intertwined in our society that it pervades each facet, including television, books, advertising, and conversation. Movies like The Matrix toss in gratuitous sex because the audience nearly expects it. Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, therefore, is exceptional in its lack of sexual situations. The subject of sexual motivation and its inherent ambiguity with regard to Henchard's actions is a topic that caught my attention from the