RETURN OF THE NATIVE BY THOMAS HARDY

RETURN OF THE NATIVE BY THOMAS HARDY

 YEAR 2003

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks. 

To what extent do you think are Fate and Chance an integral part of the tragedy in Hardy's work The Return of the Native? 

7. Write critical notes on any TWO of the following subjects:

(ii) Hardy's Tragic Vision

. YEAR 2004

How far may Hardy's The Return of the Native be described as a study in disillusionment?

Write critical notes on any TWO of the following topics:
(i) Nature as a Backdrop in Hardy's Novels

 YEAR 2005

 Through a series of events over which Clym has very little control, he come to feel responsible for the deaths of his mother and wife. Discuss.

 Write critical notes on any TWO of the following topics:

Edgon Heath symbolizes the whole cosmic order in which man is but an insignificant particle

 YEAR 2006

Clym's blindness is a physical manifestation, a symbol of his intellectual obtuseness or social maladjustment. Discuss.

 The Role of Fate and Destiny in Hardy's Novels

 YEAR 2007

 Do you agree with Hardy that fate or destiny is indifferent and often hostile to human happiness?

 YEAR 2008

1."Hardy's minor characters are grouped together without being fully individualized". Discuss.
2. Hardy related human disasters to weakness and lack of will. He is not a fatalist. Discuss.

 YEAR 2009

 "Hardy's minor characters are rich in the gathered wisdom of ancient days have have learnt to endure and accept." Substantiate with reference to Return of the Native

. Write critical notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) The Element of Chance in Hardy's Return of the Native

 YEAR 2010

 Critically examine the significance of Egdon Heath in Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native.

 Hardy's Pessimism

 YEAR 2011

 "The presence of the vast passionless heath puts the human movements into perspective as the senseless hurrying of arts". Discuss with reference to Thomas Hardy's presentation of Egdon Heath in Return of the Native.

 Write critical notes on any TWO of the following:
(i) Hardy's Fatalism

 YEAR 2012

1.Discuss the fatalistic elements in Hardy's Return of the Native and highlight other elements of his vision.
2. Egdon Heath is a symbol of an indifferent universe. Do you agree?

 YEAR 2013

 1.'Eustacia Vye is a born romantic of odds with her environment'. Discuss with reference to Hardy's Return of the Native.
2. Hardy's chief weakness in plot arises from the view of causality. Substantiate with reference to Return of the Native.

 YEAR 2014

 "Though born on the Heath, Eustacia was emotionally alien to it." Comment.

Thomas Hardy's Concept of Tragedy

 YEAR 2015

1.To what extent is Eustacia Vye responsible for the tragedy in Hardy's "The Return of the Native"?

 2.What role do superstitions, pagan culture and fantasy play in Hardy's "The Return of the Native?

Write critical notes on any TWO of the following:

(i) The Role of Nature in Hardy's "The Return of the Native"