Love in Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Love in Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy In the novel 'far from the madding crowd' we see many different kinds

of love which Thomas Hardy portrays I great detail, he shows us how

love makes people react for the good or bad.

The first love we see is Troy's true, unselfish love for Fanny; we

next see Gabriel's pure, unselfish and absolute love for Bathsheba,

Boldwoods obsessional love for Bathsheba, and Bathsheba's infatuation

with Troy then we see Troy's superficial, selfish and seductive love

towards Bathsheba. Lastly we see Bathsheba's love for Gabriel, which

is practical and realistic.

Troy's love for Bathsheba is superficial, it isn't true and we see

this in his actions towards her. Troy dominates Bathsheba both

physically and verbally, 'But I've never seen a woman so beautiful as

you before, take it or leave it, be offended or like it - I don't

care.' Here Troy is saying that he doesn't care whether she likes what

he is saying or not but he only says this because he wants her to be

flattered by him. He then goes on to say, '. . . I wish it had been

the knot of knots, which there is no untying!' Troyhere is saying that

he wishes it was marriage tying them together rather than their

clothing, which again flatters her more.

'Troy was a man to whom memories were an incumbrance, and

anticipations a superfluity . . . With him the past was yesterday; the

future, to-morrow; never, the day after.' Troy only lives for the

moment; he only cares about what is in...

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... leaves she will never see him again and is really affected by this.

'Yet now that I am more hopeless than ever, you go away!' here she is

saying that Gabriel is leaving when she needs him most, here she

admits she is hopeless, which is not like her she usually is level

headed and independent and if not she'll pretend she is. She does not

want to seem defeated but she trusts Gabriel and has been through a

lot with him, so she can tell him honestly how she feels. '. . .

Here's long life and happiness to neighbour Oak and his comely bride.'

This shows that their neighbours approve of their marriage and are

generally happy for them. He and Bathsheba go through a lot together,

they share tragedy's, happiness and death, Bathsheba realises she

loves Gabriel a long while after they meet but she tells him before

its too late.