Laura Hardy

In this film, Laura (1944) we are introduced to a group of corrupt and fittingly shady upper-class social order types. The focus is on particular conventions of content, like themes or settings and/or form, including structure and style (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2014). This film will be critiqued by the author through the lens of the genre theory (AMC, n.d.). The genre theory allows critics to take a short cut to categorize films. The director woks with the time-period and has a vision and that…

Frankenstein and “The Garden Party” share elements of false maturity in the characters of Frankenstein’s creature and Laura, each of their false maturities formed by their distinguished and yet isolated backgrounds and corresponding actions. In Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature’s background is unique in comparison to other characters; his learning of language…

hears the bird’s song, he believes that there will be no aspiration for things to get better. However, hope is always present as both Dickinson and Hardy believe, and show through a constant rhythm, Hardy allows readers to understand this. Hardy also uses a, “hymn-like metre” (Rumens) to make the poem sound like the bird singing. Another way that Hardy shows hope’s consistency is by using seasons. In the beginning of the poem, it is winter but when the speaker begins to use hope, it is spring.…

builders of morale and shapers of societal perspective, yet the writers of that time had little more sense of direction than anyone else in the midst of ideological desolation. The only thing to be certain of was uncertainty. Two Modernist poets – Thomas Hardy, and A. E. Housman – chose to cope with such insecurity by depicting Glory meeting an undefeatable adversary and returning to obscurity; using allusions, imagery and tone to set a mood of either negativity or cheerful acceptance, each…

In Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, the men in Tess Durbeyfield’s life objectify her, trying to make her into a woman who would benefit themselves. In doing so, they shape Tess into the woman that they want her to be, who commits murder and is put to death. Tess’ father objectifies Tess by trying to use their name and Tess’ looks to “claim kin” with the d’Urbervilles and eventually become rich. Alec d’Urberville, the man whom Tess’ parents expect her to marry, objectifies Tess by…

d’Urbervilles, a once wealthy and noble family. From then on, fate took control of innocent Tess and led her to a guilt-filled life. Hardy utilizes Tess’s lack of control and guilt to convey a woman’s…

worthy of you- no, I am not!” (Hardy 156). Although she loves him as well, when he asks her to marry him several times, it’s only after much persistence that she accepts. Tess also wishes that Angel had picked one of the other three dairymaids as his wife. She explains how they were all worthier for him than she. “They had deserved better at the hands of Fate. She had deserved worse- yet she was the chosen one. It was wicked of her to take all without paying” (Hardy 179). Furthermore, Tess does…

Cambridge to become ordained. Just as Tess resents her family’s more ancient traditions, Angel tells his father he does not want to study to become ordained because the church, “refuses to liberate her mind from an untenable redemptive theolatry” (Hardy 91). Despite Angel’s desire to be different from his brothers, become a more modern man, and break away from religion, his strict religious childhood influenced his morals, making him unable to accept Tess once he finds out her secret: “Angel is…

Thomas Hardy is a name well known when it comes to classic literature. Some of his most notable works may include Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native, The Woodlanders, Wessex Poems, and Under the Greenwood Tree. Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840 in Bockhampton, England, where he grew up in an isolated cottage with his family. He was the oldest of four children and a hard worker, but was often found to be sick. His father was a stonemason and builder while his mother was well-educated…

“Remember my lady, I was your master once! I will be your master again. If you are any man’s wife you are mine!” (Hardy 335). These are the despicable words of Alec Stoke-d’Urberville, the antagonist and villain of Tess of the d’Urbervilles, authored by Thomas Hardy. Within this Victorian Age novel, a blossoming young woman by the name of Tess Durbeyfield finds herself in a sinister relationship with a malicious and cunning young man by the name of Alec d’Urberville. Although he is mistaken to…