... did his male characters. In fact, many Hardy critics agree with Albert J. Guerard who believes while Hardy wrote a number of compelling leading ladies into his works, he only created two men of more than average interest, Jude the Obscure's Jude Fawley and The Mayor of Casterbridge's Michael Henchard (Marquez 1562). While Hardy did in fact base the personas of many of his female characters on those of the women he met during his life, he ... could appeal to mostly anybody. Works Cited  Daleski, H.M. Thomas Hardy and Paradoxes of Love. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1997....

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... , the mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervills and stone-mason Jude, as described by Hardy, vibrate our heart with the profundity of tragic vision and intensity of tragic feeling. What on earth makes these tragedies so profound and rich? The central task of this essay is to define the tragic consciousness, which is the key, from three aspects: tragic consciousness of society, tragic consciousness of fate and tragic consciousness of life. I. Tragic consciousness of society The most powerful of ... Morgan, Willian. Voices in Tragic Harmony. ÉÏ ∘ £ £ ∘ÉÏ &comp...

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