Eustacia

I thought this did a good job of showing the many faces of Eustacia Vye:

I thought her face right under the word native was especialy fitting.

christine

The barrow

Heres a picture of a barrow:

a barrow is a a large mound of earth or stone placed over a burial site. I also thought it was funny that a barrow also means a castrated pig.

christine

Clothing

In case yall were wondering like I was what kinds of clothes they were wearing throughout the novel this is a painting set between 1840-1850 in which the Preface dates the events of this story.

Christine

Here is a map of Egdon Heath…

(http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bp10/wessex/evolution/maps/rn.shtml)

-Katie A.

Adder

“She [Mrs. Yeobright] has been stung by an adder!” (267).  For all you visual learners, here is what an adder looks like!

-Katie A.

The Thomas Hardy Association

Interesting little tid bit…

There is a Thomas Hardy Association and he even has his own little crest thing…

http://www.yale.edu/hardysoc/images/maps/wessexmaps.htm

(Nothing to do with ROTN…SORRY!) I just thought that it was interesting!

-Katie A.

Nature

It has been said that Hardy believes nature is an uncontrollable force. For example, Mrs. Yeobright’s death. But, what other examples are there that show how Hardy believes that nature is an uncontrollable force?

-Kristen

Song

 

Hey yall

You know the French song that Clym sings while he’s furze-cutting?

 

Here’s the translation:

Daybreak

Our groves returns to their costume;

Flowers are more beautiful at his return

The bird resumes soft love song;

All celebrate in the nature

Daybreak

Daybreak

Causes sometimes, causes extreme pain;

That the space of the nights is short

For the shepard burning with love,

Forced to leave that which he loves

At Daybreak!

ROTN Analysis

Here is a site that has a bunch of analysis on characters, themes and what-not.

http://www.searchlit.org/novels/343.php

It might help.

-Stephen

We all love Wikipedia

Hello everyone.

I know we all love Wikipedia, so here is the article on The Return of the Native. Don’t read the plot summary or the character list (unless you want to be told again what you already know).

I found the “Discussion” part the most interesting, particularly the comments on the original manuscript and Eustacia’s death.

-Hayley W.