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Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for ''[[Jude the Obscure]]'' and ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]''. |
Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for ''[[Jude the Obscure]]'' and ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]''. |
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* [[Defiled Forever]]: Tess. |
* [[Defiled Forever]]: Tess. |
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* [[Downer Ending]]: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels. |
* [[Downer Ending]]: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels. |
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* [[Lost Lenore]]: Most of Hardy's poetry is inspired by his first wife, Emma. In a cruel twist of irony, he neglected her for his work while she was alive. |
* [[The Lost Lenore]]: Most of Hardy's poetry is inspired by his first wife, Emma. In a cruel twist of irony, he neglected her for his work while she was alive. |
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* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Hardy was an adherent of fatalism, which stated that everything was fated and any attempts to avert it would just cause the fate in question to happen more painfully. This tended to lead to a [[Downer Ending]], as noted above. |
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Hardy was an adherent of fatalism, which stated that everything was fated and any attempts to avert it would just cause the fate in question to happen more painfully. This tended to lead to a [[Downer Ending]], as noted above. |
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Thomas Hardy was an English author, best known for Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
Thomas Hardy provides examples of the following tropes:
- Defiled Forever: Tess.
- Downer Ending: And how! Things don't tend to end well in Hardy novels.
- The Lost Lenore: Most of Hardy's poetry is inspired by his first wife, Emma. In a cruel twist of irony, he neglected her for his work while she was alive.
- You Can't Fight Fate: Hardy was an adherent of fatalism, which stated that everything was fated and any attempts to avert it would just cause the fate in question to happen more painfully. This tended to lead to a Downer Ending, as noted above.