1. THE SETTING AND SYMBOLS IN TH
... preferred poetry to fiction. This has important results for his novels, as he tended to think in poetic term. And he use poetic devices- symbolism quite often in his novels. (Ken, Sobol, 106). Hardy tends to use the objects, characters, colors to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Such as: The Caged Goldfinch----In order to express his deep love to his ... goldfinch's was quite literal, while Henchard's was the inescapable prison of his own personality and his past. Moreover, the use of symbols explains many other seeming coincidences and unbelievable occurrences (Ken, Sobol, 106). T...
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