Throughout "The return of the native", Thomas Hardy is very successful in showing how the heath is untamable and becomes what each character wants it to be. The atmosphere is used to characterize the place and its characters. Some scenes are so descriptive that a very clear mental picture can be formed by the reader, causing a ... Hardy's ease in creating both mood and atmosphere is shown is in chapter six of the first Book. In this, two of the main characters Eustacia and Wildeve, begin to thread the story, as it is from this first encounter that disaster finally envelops all the ... free t...

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"A face on with time makes but little impression," that is what Thomas Hardy starts off the book as the title of the first chapter depicting Egdon Heath, the major symbol in the book. Although there are many interpretations of what the heath symbolizes, one the most prominent reasons is that it is a symbol of fate. The person whom is victimized is most by fate is Eustacia Vye. She is the character who tries so hard to leave the tiresome Egdon Heath, but is never able too. She tries very hard to set herself up with the right guy who will help her leave the place which she despises the most. Eus...

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