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The victorian age in literature
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Features of the English novels of the 19th century
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19th Century Wessex in Mayor of Casterbridge The narrative of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is intricate and complex, making it hard to follow. The pages of this acclaimed novel are filled with scandal, but it provides for an interesting and unique story. Hardy's personal interest in agriculture enables him to create a great a successful and very visual story. The story is set in one main location, an old village created from Dorchester called Casterbridge and the other; Weydon Priors, a smaller version of the typical market towns. The plot of the story is unusual and certainly a little out of the ordinary but still, it makes results in a compelling story. Thomas Hardy uses an extensive descriptive vocabulary to creates images and pictures in the reader's imagination. Hardy describes the surroundings of Casterbridge as mainly tree plantations and row after row of fields planted with corn. From the beginning, it is obvious that something is strange about this family. It was one summers evening when the three (Michael, Susan and Elizabeth-Jane) begin the voyage to Weydon-priors. Although the man, woman, and child are not poorly dressed, "…The thick hoar of dust which accumulated on their shoes and garments from an obviously long journey lent a disadvantageous shabbiness to their appearance just now". The first scene is works well by establishing the visual appearance of Casterbridge, giving us suggestions of the themes to run throughout the novel and introducing us to the main character(s). In the story the family travel to Weydon Priors, an event takes place where Henchard gets drunk and sells his wife for 5 pounds. He wakes in the morning and goes in search of her but he can't find her so returns to the town of Casterbridge. He makes a vow to not drink for 18 years. Around 18 years pass by and by this time Henchard has built up a good reputation in the corn industry and has become the Mayor of Casterbridge due to his economic success. He meets a man called Farfrae and they get on well so he offers him a job and Farfrae
The surname, which is also spelled Craigh, Creagh and Creag, means a steep rock or cliff, and was in widespread use across Scotland. A family of Craig associated with Clan Gordon, was installed at Craigfintray in Aberdeenshire, and several of the name rendered homage to Edward I in 1296. However, by the 15th century there were three families styling themselves Craig of that Ilk.
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unknowingly, beds Arthur and is impregnated by him. She bares him a son, Mordred, then
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Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge. Sex is so intertwined in our society that it pervades each facet, including television, books, advertising, and conversation. Movies like The Matrix toss in gratuitous sex because the audience nearly expects it. Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, therefore, is exceptional in its lack of sexual situations. The subject of sexual motivation and its inherent ambiguity with regard to Henchard's actions is a topic that caught my attention from the very first pages of The Mayor of Casterbridge.