FAR FROM THE
MADDING CROWD
-Thomas
Hardy
Far From the Madding Crowd centers on the beautiful Bathsheba
Everdene, and the three who love her and try to win her over. Gabriel Oak, Mr.
Boldwood, and Sergeant Francis Troy find themselves intertwined in their quest
to win Bathsheba. Bathsheba is headstrong, feminine, and beautiful. She
inherits her uncle’s farm, and tries to run it herself. As all of them were
farmers, they didn’t think that she could do it. Although she had a few things
go wrong like fires she overall handles her farm very well and became a good
farmer. But, her love life was something else. She had three men after her at
the same time. The first suitor she met was Gabriel Oak.
Farmer
Oak was dependable and caring and wise. Without him, Bathsheba couldn’t have
taken care of the farm. Oak did have his own sheep, but they were killed in a
freak accident when they ran off a cliff. Oak is “one with nature." He
knew just by looking at his she’s tails that it was going to rain. He would do
anything for Bathsheba (and he did), even though she denied his first attempt
at marriage. In the end thought, Bathsheba did marry Oak. Troy first met
Bathsheba as they were walking through the woods. Bathsheba became tangled in
the brambles with Troy. He made a few comments to her about how lovely se was
and how he would love to stay tangled up with her. Instantly, Bathsheba was in
love. Little did she know that Troy was deeply in love with a girl named Fanny
Robbins, who was a maid of Bathsheba’s? Troy ended up marrying Bathsheba, but
it was a bad marriage and didn’t last for long. Bathsheba was in love with
Troy’s image and he loved her for her money and appearance. The final straw for
their marriage was when Fanny died. Troy lost his true love, an unborn child,
and in the end, his own life. Ironically, his death was by the hands of
Bathsheba’s suitor Boldwood.
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