A Conflict in the Mayor of Casterbridge
In the Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, the main character Henchard is taunted by a mystery throughout the whole story Henchard is mystified by how to be a good person. He tries countless times to figure out how to be a fine individual, but every attempt he makes ends up terrible.
In the beg....
Mayor of Casterbridge tension in Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of the Mayor of Casterbridge brings forward numerous tensions into the story and strengthens others previously mentioned earlier in the novel into the equation. Thomas Hardy helps create these by using some of his trademark techniques to help build these tensions. The use of strong coinci....
Mayor of Casterbridge: Determinism
In some point in everyone's life, everyone has asked themselves a similar question, "How did this happen?" Many people have different beliefs on how "this" happened such as a supernatural force, but the lives that we have today are a result of the choices that we made. Also, the....
Plot as one of the elements of the Novel
Introduction
The Novel or the Fiction is one of the important and popular forms of literature. To create a fictional world that seems real to the reader, novelists use the main elements such as: plot, character, conflict, setting and theme.
Plot: What is Plot?
Plot is one of the most imp....
Political Crime in Trinidad and Tobago
Political Crime
Five senior PNM officials are currently (May 2006) under investigation by the Integrity Commission.
In a 2004 letter Dansam Dhansook a PNM councillor on the Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation alleged that he had paid bribes to two Cabinet ministers, Franklin Khan, Minster of Wor....
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
In the novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge, there is a man, John Henchard, who is a hay-trusser. In the beginning, they come to a town, Weydon-Priors, where they are having fair/carnival. Henchard gets drunk and sells his wife and child to a sailor. After eighteen years, a m....