Thomas Hardy Research Paper

Throughout all ages, throughout all religions, and throughout all cultures and countries, one can easily see that there is a constant fight between the forces of good and evil. Light and dark have been dueling since the beginning. Christians believe in the concept of the original sin; all that was good in the world was challenged by all that was bad. Muslims, like those of Christian faith, believe that life is a never-ending battle between saving one’s soul from Hell. Buddhists form their opinions around the concept of karma. All these notions and theories base themselves around one common theme, a theme that states that one should spend their life and energy devoting themselves to happiness that can only be found through defeating the evil in the world and triumphing alongside the good. Within the broad topic of good versus evil, one can find many subcategories, and, of these, Thomas Hardy takes a bold stance on one very specific, but nonetheless controversial, issue.
All the characters in his stories mimic the people of Hardy’s life in such an eerily intimate way that the reader has to question the level of reality that the book sets upon. The audience can really begin to see the likenesses in the very exposition of this particular story. Mr. Jude Fawley, cleverly modeled after Mr. Hardy, was a stonemason, from a poor family, whom fell in love with his young cousin, Sue Bridehead. This love, which was strictly forbidden, was cast in the image of Hardy’s own forbidden love between himself and his close relative, Tryphena (Diniejko). Miss Tryphena, eleven years Thomas’s junior, was a very direct reflection of Sue in the book. Although not much was known about their relationship, it is a common fact that Hardy’s characters bear a certain image and air about themselves that accurately depicts their tangible counterpart in real