...Brady AP Lit and Comp 29 January 2016 Examining Thomas Hardy’s poetic philosophy and style by analyzing his poems profusely is similar to finding a needle in a haystack. The reasoning behind the hardship is attributed to Hardy’s unconventional style of poetry which is influenced by events in his life. Consequently by researching into Hardy’s life, there were connections to his poetic style and its’ inspiration. By making use of eccentric syntax and melancholic tone, Thomas Hardy creates a sense of nostalgia, which is influenced by his personal life and especially the death of his wife, Emma. Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, United Kingdom in 1840. He was born in a country where poetry dominated literature and where arguably some of the greatest poets lived including William Shakespeare. Most of his poetry got published in the later part of his life. He also wrote many famous novels to support himself financially. Some of his poetry was inspired by his first wife Emma, to whom he paid little attention to while she was alive. His works include regretful elegies inspired by his late wife. His poems have the effect of longing and nostalgia, solidified by odd syntax and diction. His other works are mostly about uncertainty of fate, time and change, and the relationship between man and nature. Hardy was a Victorian realist and he was also inspired by William Wordsworth poetry style of Romanticism. Hardy was a hardcore idealist and realist as he represented things in life as...
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...Learning From Mistakes People learn from the past. Either their own or from the people that lived before them. Readers can learn from the literature they read. In “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”, by Thomas Hardy, readers can learn from the actions of the characters. Written in 1891 the roles of women and men are different from what they are now. Readers can see the difference though many of the characters such as Tess Durbeyfield, Angel Clare, Alec D’Urberville, and Joan Durbeyfield. These can be shown through the characters in their relationships, thoughts, and actions. Your relationship with someone can say something about you. Once learning about their ancestry and the tragedy of the horse, Tess’s family decides to have her go visit part of their family in Trantridge. Upon her arrival she is greeted by Alec, the son of the mansion. Alec always got what he wanted and he wanted Tess. Since Tess refused his companionship Alec rapes her one night and Tess becomes pregnant. After the death of her infant, Sorrow, Tess finds new work at a dairy where she meets her new husband, Angel. On their wedding night Angel and Tess tell secrets that they have been holding in. Tess tells about Alec, and Angel decides to leave her. Tess’s past relationship changes her relationship now. This shows that who you are associated with can change how people think about you. Once Angel found out about Tess’s past he decides to go on with his apprenticeship without her. On the rode he runs into Izz...
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...de Guzman, Francesco Maria C. Humanities I – TFD2 2012-41947 Prof. Morales The Dead Man Walking They hail me as one living, But don't they know That I have died of late years, Untombed although? I am but a shape that stands here, A pulseless mould, A pale past picture, screening Ashes gone cold. Not at a minute's warning, Not in a loud hour, For me ceased Time's enchantments In hall and bower. There was no tragic transit, No catch of breath, When silent seasons inched me On to this death ... -- A Troubadour-youth I rambled With Life for lyre, The beats of being raging In me like fire. But when I practised eyeing The goal of men, It iced me, and I perished A little then. When passed my friend, my kinsfolk, Through the Last Door, And left me standing bleakly, I died yet more; The Dead Man Walking They hail me as one living, But don't they know That I have died of late years, Untombed although? I am but a shape that stands here, A pulseless mould, A pale past picture, screening Ashes gone cold. Not at a minute's warning, Not in a loud hour, For me ceased Time's enchantments In hall and bower. There was no tragic transit, No catch of breath, When silent seasons inched me On to this death ... -- A Troubadour-youth I rambled With Life for lyre, The beats of being raging In me like fire. But when I practised eyeing The goal of men, It iced me, and I perished A little then. When passed my friend...
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...more evident than in the novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Though each book is written in a different era and continent from each other, both authors have taken a profound look into the lives of women who, in submission of the society they live in, persevere and carry on their lives no matter what. Though Hardy’s Victorian countryside and Hosseini’s war ridden Afghanistan have very different plot lines, both novels develop the theme of inner strength of women through the protagonist’s characteristics, the conflicts in the plot and setting. In 1891 Hardy wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The novel received a public outcry and was criticized for its taboo topics and insight into a ruined woman’s private life. The passionate and intense Tess Durbeyfield, whom the novel is centralized around, faces more tragedy and injustice in her adolescent years than any women could bear and perseveres through out. Tess’s character, as well as the women around her, shows the true inner strength women possess. From the early days of Tess’s journey, the inner strength of her character is shown as she plays caretaker to her large family. Hardy presents Joan Durbeyfield, Tess’s mother: as superstitious, faintly childlike, and essentially harmless, and he had remarked that between her and Tess ‘there was a gap of two hundred years as ordinarily understood’...Hardy encourages us to be critical...
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... the family horse. Tess’ parents use the guilt that she feels to exploit her and force her to work for the family. Therefore, she encounters Alec, who ultimately rapes and impregnates Tess. Instead of Alec being condemned for his actions, Tess is publically criticized and cast aside for this act, even though she was the victim. The cruel hand of fate hangs over all the characters and actions of the novel, as Tess’ story is defined by the bad things that happen to her. Thomas Hardy himself, as the author of the book, naturally causes the many unfair coincidences and plot twists that beset Tess, however as the person telling the story, he also manages to appear as her only champion against an unjust world. Tess's difficult situations are described as mere sport for the "President of the People who will never die," which is very different from the Christian idea of a God who has a kind plan for everyone, and connects with the notes of paganism throughout the novel. Hardy also points out and draws attention to the multiple unhappy coincidences that happen, for example when Tess overhearsAngel's brothers instead of meeting his father. Throughout the story, the question continues to surface--- "why do bad things happen...
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...When I was alone at home one day, I was more excited than being afraid. My parents had gone for an invitation and had left me behind as I was not keen in going with them. I was feeling free like a bird and very independent for the first time in my life. I had some snacks that my mother had prepared along with a glass of hot chocolate, which is my favorite. I then sank into the couch and began reading one of my favorite stories of the Hardy Boys. I read the story book for about an hour and then decided to take a break. It was around 6:30 p.m. by then. My favorite television program would begin at 7:00 p.m.; although my mother instructed me on the 'dos and don'ts of watching television. Any way for about another two hours I would be the master of my life! I peeped out of the window. There was the full moon shining brightly on the streets. Some children were playing badminton on a cool wintry night. A cool and fresh gust of wind was blowing through the window. I went to the kitchen and then to the refrigerator to find something to munch on. Finding something to eat, I returned to the hall room where I became a couch potato and watched my favorite Television program. It was around 7:30 p.m. and I was sitting comfortably on the couch, when the lights went off. It was a power cut. Suddenly I found myself in darkness. What bad luck, I thought to myself. I went to find the emergency light to get rid of the darkness around me. I was feeling a bit afraid in the dark, but was finding...
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...Angel and Tess: A Romance Fit For the Books? Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Napolean and Josephine. Throughout society's entire existence, we have known almost innately that these couples belong together, and yet fate intervened to deal their relationship a tragic blow. Yet readers persist on viewing these couples as the most passionate of all times. What makes them so unique? What makes them so compatible? What makes everyone see them as half of a whole instead of two? These couples proved to society that they belonged together, no matter what circumstances they faced . They possessed True Love, the rare gift that makes a relationship last, amidst outer turmoil. In the novel, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, by Thomas Hardy, another literary couple is portrayed. Tess Durbeyfield and Angel Clare appear to be in such an invincible love. The audience believes that they could have a happy life together as a unified couple, but, here too, fate intervenes and Tess is killed. However, the question remains in readers' minds: Would Tess and Angel’s relationship reached the level of perfection in these examples had Tess remained alive? Would their relationship have been successful? There are several factors that can define a successful relationship. In order for a relationship to be worthwhile, the relationship must possess mutual love, respect, and trust, characterized by similar backgrounds, harmonious personalities , and compatibility. Tess and Angel’s love could not have...
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...It should sway the readers or audiences with pity or fear in the end. To keep it in mind, “The Return of Native” can be coined as a village tragic novel which brings us into contact with ordinary people. Hardy is able to create genuine tragedy out of the inter-relationships between characters and the background of Egdon Heath. The protagonist (Eustacia) of the novel because of her passionate nature and ungovernable longings for fashion life resulted in her tragedy. Some of the heath folks think she is a witch. The death of her whether it is accidental or a case of suicidal, is highly pitiful. Many of the people think that she is the real tragic heroin of the novel. But if we compare her with Clym, we will come to know that he is the real tragic hero. The very title of the novel tells about his return from Paris to Egdon Heath. He is quite an emotional sort of person reluctant to reality of situations. He is actually a person who could not understand the thinking of folks of Heath as those people only longs for money not intellectual development. His unpractical idealism is the cause of his downfall (hamartia). The novel also holds some supernatural or gothic element in it which suggests that it belongs to the category of tragedy. Redman is the symbol of gothic element. Hardy has magnificently woven a tapestry of tragedy with the threads of fate, providences and tragic flaws. These three elements have proved that “End justifies means” throughout the novel. Clym is seen to be...
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...Discuss the 'Fallen Woman' as a Familiar Feature of Victorian Writing Victorian social conventions placed the female inside the male domain, a domestically cultivated flower rather than a wild one, uncontrollable and free to roam. Woman was idealised: the angel in the house, the wife complementing her husband, the helpmate of man. Social conditions offered the Victorian woman little in occupation so her aim in life was to secure a husband, succumbing to the political propaganda. As Foster states: Because so much importance was attached to the roles of wifehood and motherhood, marriage was deemed the apotheosis of womanly fulfilment, alternatives to which were regarded as pitiable or unnatural.( Foster 1985: 6) In this role of wife, woman's great function is to praise her husband and, in return, she shall be praised for ruling inside the home where she can be 'incapable of error' (Ruskin 1865: 149) In Ruskin's lecture his view is that a husband is a chivalric knight guarding his wife from the 'peril and trial' he encounters. For the 'noble' woman, her true place is in the home, an 'incorruptibly good household nun', praised for choosing 'self-renunciation' over 'self-development'(D'Amico 1992: 69). This could also be viewed as oppression. Rather than the female 'complementing' the male, she is oppressed by him, and the praise offered by Ruskin could be viewed as a weapon, lulling the female into a false consciousness, trapping her inside the home. For the Victorian...
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...Answer keys LEVEL 5 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme The Mayor of Casterbridge Book key 1 2 a carriage, wagon b cottage, barn c donkey, bull d landlady, mayor, stepdaughter, magistrate e affection, relief, grief a False: When he is young, Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor. b False: Henchard stops drinking because of what he did when he was drunk. c True d False: Henchard can be kind but he has a dark, dangerous side to his character. e False: He achieved real success with Far from the Madding Crowd. f False: Some people found the story improbable and were shocked by it. g False: Hardy stopped writing novels because of the reaction to Jude the Obscure. h True i False: As an adult, Hardy did not believe in God. He believed in a blind force that rules the universe and has no interest in human lives. 3 a talk/speak b fair c rum d angry e wedding ring f sorry g wife and child h sailed for Canada 4–5 Open answers 6 a T b F c F d T e T f F g F 7 Possible answers: a … it is the last place where she saw Michael Henchard and she is looking for him. b … Newson has died and she does not want her daughter to grow up in poverty. c … he has sold them bad bread. d … her mother cannot afford the hotel where they want to stay. e … he has a useful invention, and he thinks there is more chance of developing it in America. f … he wants Farfrae to stay, and he tells...
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...Year 12 AS Literature Coursework Planning Sheet Prose Essay: Tess Of The D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. Essay Titles: 1. Explore how Hardy uses Form, Structure and Language to present Alec D’Uberville as the predatory villain of the novel. Weighting of Marks: AO1: 12/30 AO2: 15/30 AO4: 3/30 Notice that AO3 (comparison and different interpretations) is not given any marks in this essay, unlike the Drama Essay. In this essay, you are marked mainly for the style and structure of your argument, the use of terminology, and foremost, your ability to analyse Hardy’s use of Form, Structure and Language in shaping meaning. In looking at Alec’s characterisation, there needs to be a clear focus on how Hardy crafts his writing to manipulate the readers’ feelings and thoughts concerning Alec. An attention to close textual detail, analysing use of dialogue, description, narration, and settings will be needed. You also need to engage with how Hardy has used Form (the conventions of particular types of novel) and Structure, showing your awareness of the Chapters and Phases of the novel, signposting your writing clearly and showing understanding of how Hardy structures events to shift and change or develop our understanding of Alec’s character. Context is only a small aspect, but should be embedded in your response, with comments linking to specific details in the text. PLANNING: If you want to organise a good party, planning is important. If you want to put on...
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...Growing Cold Hardy Palms in the Northern States Growing cold hardy palms in the north is not as difficult as you would think. There are several species that are able to survive into a USDA zone 6 with little to no protection. They are from different parts of the world and are native to places that do see winter time cold weather. Since most people see a palm tree as a sign of the tropics, they never realize that they can be grown in places outside of Florida. What people fail to understand is that while Florida may have a warm Sub-Tropical Climate. Even Florida can get cold. There has been recorded snow flurries in Miami Fl. While the all-time record low in the state is minus three degrees Fahrenheit. The first species is called the Needle Palm. It is the coldest hardy of all palm trees in the world. It is native to the northern sections of Florida and into the coastal regions of Georgia and southern South Carolina. This palm can withstand short temperature drops to minus fifteen Fahrenheit. It is slow growing palm that rarely reaches more than eight feet when mature. It is not a A-sexual tree and must have a male and female plant to reproduce. The Needle Palm is endangered in the wild but is fairly common in Cultivation. The second tree is the Sabal Minor. This tree is also A United States Native. It can be found from the lower Piedmont of North Caroline near the Virginia border to McCurtain County Oklahoma. Its native range is larger then any other Palm...
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...a tragedy event: the sinking of the Titanic. What one expects to find in a poem written in response to a tragedy on this scale, is the context that appeals to the one’s sympathy or sense of loss of lives undeservedly cut short. Thomas Hardy, however, chooses not to mention of a devastating loss of more than 1,500 lives and the sinking of the magnificent ship, but rather uses the tragedy to give lessons to us, as readers, on the act of over self-confidence as an act of Satan. Through means of imagery, irony and symbolism, Thomas Hardy gives to the readers the absence of everything one expects from the reading of this poem. Irony is apparent in the way the author skillfully handles the situation of the victims. In cases where the author mentions the victims, he uses the words such as “the opulent” and “the sensuous mind”. These words made it...
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...Book report topic generator Name: Enrique Ramírez Rodríguez Date: 29-2-2008 Book title: the mayor of casterbridge Author: Thomas hardy In two sentences, what is the book about: It is about the story of a men that sell his women to a sailor and then they return. What I liked more about the book: How the time made the family return. What I didn’t liked , and why: What I don’t like from the book was that at last the mayor die at last because he wa the principal character and the most important, also what I didn’t like is that then Elizabeth-Jane became the principal character. My favorite character, and why: My favorite character is the mayor because he really changed into a really good person fighting through obstacles. The scene, line or passage that meant something to me: It is when almost at first Elizabeth gets face to face with the farfrae and since that passage I knew that in the story there will be love between them. What sets this book aparts from others that I have read: That this one its kind of more realistic, and also that shows us the value of lova and family. What I would say about this book to someone else: That he or she would read it because can show us good things and also it is interesting. The questions that I have after reading this book: That if it is possible to have such a drastic change in some years My strongest reason for recommending or not this book: My strongest reason for recommended the book is that the book show us really good...
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