ESSAY ON: “The Return of the Native”: A Review of the Underlying Theme and Symbolism of the 1872 Novel by Thomas Hardy

Number of Pages 6

This research paper: A 6 page discussion of the role of fate and tradition in setting the course of events which would unfold. Asserts that Hardy attributed more of life’s events to fate than to any sort of intelligent guiding force or supreme being. This attribution was fatalistic in that it meant that there was little hope for mankind overall, however. Man was forced to struggle against nature was, in Hardy’s view, a futile expenditure of energy and resources. Calls on events from the novel to substantiate this assertion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.


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