... believe that fate controls how things happen and that God can do nothing to save them. I believe that Thomas Hardy is a fatalist. I get the feeling that through Tess of the d"Urbervilles, Hardy is able to explore some of his feelings on the society in the Victorian era. R. H. Hutton, co ... hate "ee; but I cannot!" "That's how I feel," echoed Izz and Marian."(12) Nature as a conscious agent, usually for evil, is found in Hardy's works. Fate appears in the form of nature, endowing it with varying moods, which affect the lives of the characters. Its chief function is to show man's ... of n...

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