Hardy Cross

Breaking the Mold: A Feminine Perspective He wanted to avoid the “the jeweled line” like many modernist, Thomas Hardy pursued to be called “dissonances, and other irregularities” (Ramazani and Stallworthy). Hardy’s childhood was in the Victorian Era but paved the way for the Modern Period. Yet, his works appear diverse in comparison to the Victorian Era for they have become known as disbelieving, harsh, and realistic. His works also challenged the standard of English with his contorted syntax, irregular

Losing Battle It is never easy to fill a void especially the void that can be created from losing a loved one. Sometimes it can be a lost battle and the person trying to fill the void will be left behind. Thomas Hardy explores the thoughts and feeling of the person being left behind. Hardy knowing loss so well with the death of his first wife is able to put his feet in the shoes of his newly bethorved. The unknown woman in the poem has lost her soldier to the brutality of war and lost him to his first

represent both the good and evil in Tess's life. Throughout the novel Tess is faced with absolute happiness and also total misery. As she moves from location to location the setting of these different places reflect her different emotions. Hardy also uses nature to help the reader identify with Tess's feelings. The natural surroundings and the different seasons are often in keeping with the events of the novel; literacy critics refer to this as the 'Pathetic Fallacy'. Throughout

Thomas Hardy's Novels Androgyny may be defined as "a condition under which the characteristics of the sexes, and the human impulses expressed by men and women, are not rigidly assigned" (Heilbrun 10). In the midst of the Victorian Era, Thomas Hardy opposed conventional norms by creating androgynous characters such as Eustacia Vye, in The Return of the Native ; the title character in Tess of the d Urbervilles ; Sue Bridehead in Jude the Obscure ; and Marty South in The Woodlande rs. Hardy's women

Thomas Hardy sometimes uses the landscape to reflect mood of his characters. Choose two brief extracts (about two pages each) where he does this; one when Tess is happy and another when she is not. How does Hardy reflect Tess's mood through landscape in these extracts? 1) Thomas Hardy sometimes uses the landscape to reflect mood of his characters. Choose two brief extracts (about two pages each) where he does this; one when Tess is happy and another when she is not. How does Hardy reflect

position, inevitable change has the power to strip that happiness away from them. This very concept can be learned by Thomas Hardy in his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. Through Henchard’s character, the weather, and the transient nature of power and status, people should never be too comfortable in a position or situation because nothing is permanent, except change. Hardy uses Michael Henchard as a vehicle to illuminate that sudden change can affect positioning in relationships—causing abandonment

ontological. The study investigates the trope of disillusionment in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure. The paper reveals different struggles that Jude, the eponymous character, passes through. Through Hardy’s explicit portrayal of life in Victorian society, Hardy condemns human institutions which endlessly perpetuate people in suffering, castration of hopes and limit them socio-politically. In spite of his legitimate and lofty dreams, Jude dies like a dog. Moreover, social factor responsible for the abortion

everything is fleeting is emphasized to show the significance of the comitatus. Furthermore, the beauty of the relationship is shown by contrasting the shame that the Wanderer feels at the end of the poem to the honour and glory that is thrown upon the cross after it willingly suffers along with Christ. In all, the ideals of the comitatus during the Medieval Times are clearly advocated through the illustration of the physical intimacy, shame and honour involved in the two poems. To start off, the two

come before the actual manuscript. Parts of the poem were carved in a stone cross at some time after its construction early in the eighth century. This speech occurs in lines 94 to 120. Before this selected passage the poem is opened with the Dreamers visions of the Cross, also known as the Rood, which lays out the poems plot. In the poem the person that is telling the story is a dreamer who, while admiring, the cross notices

he knows it is for the benefit of all mankind. In the poem, the rood, or cross, is depicted as the individual telling the story of the crucifixion. The poet writes the story so it is understood that the cross is, like Jesus, a warrior. If the cross can tell a tale it is assumed that it would possess the ability to experience feelings. By explaining the cross’ experience in the way the poet does it is easy to see how the cross possesses warrior-like characteristics. I trembled when the man embraced