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Thomas Hardy, Language and style - Coggle Diagram
Thomas Hardy
Which are cultural influences?
Evolutionism
Charles Darwin
Positivism
John Stuart Mill, Auguste Comte
Key concept: reason as the human way to understand and dominate reality
What are the main themes of his operas?
Indifferent nature
Always a co-protagonist with characters
Hostile fate
Humans have no power against destiny
Determinism
All happens due to a reason. The reason is not God
Key concept of all operas?
The difficult of being alive
What's his opinion about Christianity?
It cannot give an answer of real needs of modern man
Language and style
Detailed, rich of symbolism
His characters speak naturally, with their social registers
Rich of impressions
Omniscient narrator