Themes in The Return of the Native and Great Expectations
Classic novels usually share in the aspect of universal themes
which touch people through out the ages. All types of audiences can relate
to and understand these underlying ideas. Victorian novels such as Thomas
Hardy's The Return of the Native and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
are examples of literary classics that have universal themes. Hardy's tale
illustrates the role of chance in his characters lives. Through the story
we encounter events of pure coincidence and their effects. Dickens,
considered to be more of a reformer (Literature Online), tries to portray a
social theme in his novel. The basic theme of Great Expectations is that
good does not come from ones social standing but rather comes from their
inner value. These novels are considered classics because of their timeless
themes.
Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native displays a theme of chance.
Book First, chapter 8 contains a perfect example. Eustacia persuades young
Johnny Nunsuch into helping her feed a fire. She dismisses him and begins
to walk home. Before reaching home, he is frightened by the light coming
from the heath and returns to discover Wildeve meeting with Eustacia. By
pure chance, Venn discovers the boy and quizzes him.
"Then I came down here, and I was afeard, and I went back; but I didn't
like to speak to her, because of the gentleman, and I came on here again"
[Johnny Nunsuch]
" A gentleman--ah! What did she say to him, my man?" [Diggory Venn]
"Told him she supposed he had not married the other woman because he liked
his old sweetheart best; and things like that" [Johnny Nunsuch]
[Book First, chapter 8, pp. 82]
This chance exchange reveals that Wildeve is meeting with Eustacia. Venn
uses this to his advance by announcing himself to Mrs. Yeobright as a
suitor for Thomasin. This backfires because Mrs. Yeobright tries to use the
second suitor to force Wildeve to marry Thomasin. These events all occur
from the chance meeting between Venn and Johnny Nunsuch. Another example of
chance and coincidence can be seen in the famous gambling scene of Book
Third, chapter VII. This is perhaps one of the most critically examined
parts of the book.
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that brings the reader’s eye to the effect of sociopolitical policies on the Irish by the
Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and or Making Them Beneficial to the Public." The Norton Anthology. Eighth Edition. Ed. Greenblatt, Stephen. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. 1114-1119.
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David Lean takes advantages of this story to carry out a film critic and with it; he wants to reveal how England was at post-war times. It remains a vital decisive point in the history of the British cinema. After postwar period the course of doing films changed automatically, from this time onwards filmmaker focus on recreate the atmosphere in which England and its population were living.
O’Brien, Conor and Cruise. A Concise History of Ireland. Thames and Hudson; New York, 1985.
The opening of the novel is first set in a grave yard, then in Mr and
In Great Expectations, the three main settings: the Forge, Satis House and London affect the atmosphere of the novel, as well as Pip’s emotions. The three main locations make Pip who he is, and it represents the aspects of himself – his hopes, fear, pride, and shame. Each of these three locations has symbolic characters which represents the aspects of Pip and also the mood.
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The settings of Great Expectations are Pip’s homes, one home that he lives in during his childhood in Kent, England, and the other that he lives in when he is grown in London, England. Social status was a big deal in the mid-nineteenth century. The rich were highly respected and liked by all, and the poor were treated unkindly and were sometimes made fun of. The rich could have any job that they liked, but the poor would almost always take over the job that their father had. The narrator of Great Expectations is Pip. If the novel were narrated from any other point of view, it would not have the same effect as it does now.
Hughes, Michael. Ireland Divided: The Roots of the Modern Irish Problem. New York: St.Martin’s Press Inc., 1994.
Great Expectations and Oliver Twist are representative of the works produced by Charles Dickens over his lifetime. These novels exhibit many similarities - perhaps because they both reflect painful experiences that occurred in Dickens' past.
The book that I read is called Great Expectation By Charles Dickens. It is based mainly in London but also has scenes in Pip's home town. Which is a small village in the country? Where he and his sister Mrs. Joe and her husband Joe Gargary live and Pips was raised. The setting of where Pips is is not as important as what is there with him. There are many contrasts to good and evil or more justice and innocence.
"I must entreat you to pause for an instant, and go back to what you know of my childish days, and to ask yourself whether it is natural that something of the character formed in me then" - Charles Dickens
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