Symbolism is used throughout the entire novel Return of the Native to create a sense of conflict and suspense. Hardy uses several symbols depicting different characters and how the feel. He also uses places as symbols and how they relate to characters in the novel. Hardy uses several symbols depicting Paris, Egdon Heath, and the bonfires. The two characters which are affected the most by symbolism are Eustacia and Clym Yeobright. These two characters seem to be most effected by the symbolism associated with the city of Paris.
The most evident and meaningful symbol to the story would be the use of Paris as a symbol to represent change, hope, excitement, dreams and a way out of the dull life on the Heath. Paris consumes Eustacia’s thoughts and actions because she really wants to leave the Heath and go to Paris where she believes her life would be so much more enjo
Paris makes Eustacia fall in love with Clym. She hopes that because Clym returned to the Heath that one day he will hopefully go back to Paris. She almost sees Clym as a way out and does not truly love him for the right reasons. She wants to leave the Heath because she sees it as traditional and rustic and makes her suffer. She would like to move to Paris because she sees it as being modern, almost futuristic compared to the Heath. An example of how she just wants to leave the Heath and move to Paris is that later in the novel she begins to fall in love with Wildeve begins he has the opportunity to go to Paris. The separation that begins to settle in with Eustacia and Clym foreshadows their break up and gives way to her seeking out Wildeve and falling back in love with him. The fact that Wildeve is perhaps going to Paris entices Eustacia to rekindle old feelings b
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