... , and Diggory Venn and Eustacia Vye can both be considered the heroes in the novel, depending on who you talk to. One may proclaim Diggory to be a more worthy hero, citing his ability to always save Thomasin from too much trouble and his undying love to her. However, another might also say that Eustacia is the type of character in which ... the real world of his day. He dislikes city life as "effeminate," but when he returns to Egdon, no one understands his ambition to teach school. His ideas come from books rather than from direct experience with people. Unfortunately, he does not reall...

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