Day 3

Return of the Native Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    In book 3, how does Hardy begin to lay the foundation for the tragedy that will occur later in the book.

    In this third book, the forces that will engender a tragic end are established. These forces particularly reside in Clym's ambition, which will be at odds with the ambition of the woman he loves. The tragedy will result from an irreconcilable truth: he and Eustacia love one another because of their personalities and desires, and yet those personalities and desires are not compatible.

    This facet is communicated through the title of the book's first chapter - "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is" - which is taken from a sixteenth century poem by Sir Edward Dyer. The poem...

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