... both use the pathetic fallacy where the internal emotions of the characters are being externalised. Both novels contain a juxtaposition of vulnerable human beings with vast, uncontrollable landscapes or conditions. The authors use language to create a sense of malaise, and unease. Setting augments much of the storyline and characterisation. The characters in both novels are insignificant in the vast and inhospitable landscape ... , imbued Hardy with a deep sense of the continuity of life as part of nature. This profound awareness enabled him to observe the world with a quiet detachment u...

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