Premium Content Hardy's Fatalistic View of Life As Shown Through The Return of the Native
By Anonymous - January 29, 2000
The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy, begins with personification of a majestic heath, the setting for this novel: "The face of the heath by its mere complexion added half an hour to evening; it could... retard the dawn, sadden noon, anticipate the frowning of storms... and intensify the opacity of a moonless midnight to a cause of shaking and…
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