It has been six years since my initial encounter with Thomas Hardy?s Return of the Native. Hardy became a two year love of mine during college and I have continued through existence with an admiration and inspired memory of the introduction of Egdon Heath.
Hardy established such an intricate tapestry of characters ranging from the scandalous Wildeve, the passionate Eustacia, homely Clym and the adorable rustic Diggory Venn. Even the Heath in his descriptive prowess and continuous reference becomes a character in this book. Indeed, the Heath can be argued as a main character in ROTN as not only does Hardy bring attention to it?s every colour and sound throughout, but additionally, the spirit of the Heath reflects the mood of the characters. The raining stormy grey view to the springful leaps of the frogs and the mysteries of the rainbow of colours on display. There is a vast variety of characters in this novel, a ranging scale of hopes, dreams and desires. Hardy strikes the core of every reader with this reader, everyone recognizing one characteristic they relate to, one character they sympathise with and one person they struggle to comprehend.
As well as his rustic characters and lifelike Heath, Hardy also introduced a favourite Greek element of his, tragedy. He was inspired by the Greek tragic dramatists and in his final seen with Eustacia and WIldeve, this much was strongly recognisable. The irony and tragedy combined as Eustacia is lost outside the idyllic heath and not as she earlier (when describing the Heath) says ?Tis my cross, my shame and will be my death?. The fact that the tragedy happened outside of Hardy?s heath added further emphasis to the Heath?s character and the way it bound the fellow characters. This further reiterates the view that Hardy created this world, this intricate tapestry and every single character was connected ? the fate of one affected the fate of all and as so, the fate of the Heath was affected by all thought and action.
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