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Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
The novel opens with a description of Gabriel Oak, one of the steady and morally upright characters of the novel. His role as a shepherd also ties into his morality, as it calls to mind Christ. Gabriel’s vocation as a shepherd goes beyond his duty of guiding the sheep, he is often seen guiding the people of the farm and being sought after for guidance by those same individuals.
Bathsheba is a very interesting character in that she represents everything that a woman in the nineteenth century should not be: vain, proud, headstrong and independent. Bathsheba herself admits to being a very headstrong woman, and she doesn’t shrink from it even if the men around her would ridicule her. Being mistress of such a farm, a marriage would transfer her position of power to that of her husband, and she acknowledges that and is therefore reluctant to do so until she meets Troy. The only time that Bathsheba 'acts' like a typical 19th century woman is when Troy admits that he loves Fanny more then her. At that point, her front crumbles and she becomes recognizable to Troy as like every other women he has met but unrecognizable as the Bathsheba he had been inthralled with.
Troy is interesting because while on the one hand he seems to be a very callous and impetuous but on the other hand he has a tenderness about him that softens his character. He’s a bit of an oxymoron but he is like most people who have a ‘rough side’ and a ‘soft side,’ and thus is easy to relate to.
Bathsheba is a very interesting character in that she represents everything that a woman in the nineteenth century should not be: vain, proud, headstrong and independent. Bathsheba herself admits to being a very headstrong woman, and she doesn’t shrink from it even if the men around her would ridicule her. Being mistress of such a farm, a marriage would transfer her position of power to that of her husband, and she acknowledges that and is therefore reluctant to do so until she meets Troy. The only time that Bathsheba 'acts' like a typical 19th century woman is when Troy admits that he loves Fanny more then her. At that point, her front crumbles and she becomes recognizable to Troy as like every other women he has met but unrecognizable as the Bathsheba he had been inthralled with.
Troy is interesting because while on the one hand he seems to be a very callous and impetuous but on the other hand he has a tenderness about him that softens his character. He’s a bit of an oxymoron but he is like most people who have a ‘rough side’ and a ‘soft side,’ and thus is easy to relate to.