WITH REGARD TO THEMATIC PRE-OCCUPATION, DICTION, SETTING AND PLOT, ASSESS THOMAS HARDY “TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES AND MORAL”.
THOMAS HARDY- TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES
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Pre-Occupation Thomas hardy first in his career became an apprentice to John Hicks. A Dorchester Architect for several years, his practice architecture in Dorchester, he also simultaneously studied Greek and Latin. It was during this period that he began written poetry. In 1862, Hardy moved to London ad worked as a Architect for Arthur Bloomfield. He continued to write poetry but was unsuccessful in getting it published. In 1871, his first novel, Desperate Remedies, was published, and a year later, under the greenwood tree was published
DICTION
Diction entails the use of words or language style use in the poetry.
The style use in this poetry is narrative technique employed by the writer is the third person or omnipresent, through this technique the writer is able to present the various, no matter where they occur. • Imagery Bird: Image of bird recall throughout the novel evoking their traditional spiritual associative with higher Realm of transcendence. • Biblical Allusion The book of Genesis: the genesis story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is evoked repeatedly throughout Tess of the d’urbervilles, giving the novel a broader metaphysical dimension. • Symbols Prince: When Tess dozes off in the wagon and loses control, the resulting death of the Durbey field horse, price, spurs Tess to seek aid from the d’Urbervilles, setting the event of the novel in motion. The horse’s demise is thus a powerful plot motivator, and its name a potent symbol of Tess’s own claims to aristocracy. • Brazil: Rather surprising for a novel that scenes set so solidly in rural England, the narration shifts very briefly to Brazil when Angel takes leave of tess and heads off to