Far from the Madding Crowd Essay

For example, when asked if he knew who the woman he was talking to had been (Liddy), he replied to Bathsheba I know her by sight. This was besides said as a way of protection. He also once lied to Bathsheba when showing her his sword fighting. He tells her that the sword is not very sagaciously until the end of the exercise, when he tells her the truth, this sword will shave like a razor. It is from about this sentence that Bathsheba begins to realise that she is latterlyly in love with troy weight, and has now forgotten about Mr. Boldwood. Bathsheba is attracted to a superficial man, however, except the reader can realise this.There is an example of dramatic irony amid these two characters when Troy has many faults such as gambling, womanising and the inability to settle and commit himself, not only are these faults and strong obsessions as well. These facts are all well known to the reader and the community in the story, but Bathsheba is oblivious to the fact. When infatu ated and blinded from these facts, there can be tragic consequences. When Bathsheba realises for herself, that she loves sergeant Troy, Gabriel oak reminds her of Boldwoods prior claims. He also criticises troy, provoking Bathsheba to defend Troy.The author of this book, Thomas Hardy, presents the infatuated Bathsheba as nai ve and blind. He directly contrasts Troy and Gabriel, where Gabriel acts as Bathshebas conscience, reminding her of Boldwoods claims. Gabriel attempts of warning Bathsheba to resist Troy before it is excessively late is prophetic. When Boldwood finally realises that he has been rejected, he tries bribing Troy, so that he would be interested in marrying Fanny. However, it is as well as late, Troy and Bathsheba were already married. This just shows how obsessed with Bathsheba really is.Troy doesnt seem to poster or appreciate the love and infatuation shown by Bathsheba. This is shown on their wedding day, during the party, as he didnt die any time with her ins tead, he got drunk and fell asleep in the barn with his friends. The storm that stony-broke out could have torn everything down and broken the wicks, but Gabriel, being the only observant i there realised and saved everything before it was too late. Gabriel Oak dominates the beginning of the story and is described as a young man of sound judgement and general good character.He is a hard workingman, and has done so during the whole of his life to become the independent farmer that he was. Although he is attracted to Bathsheba, he notices that she is very vain. He is very honest, practical, trust-worthy and faithful. He is also strong as his name suggests. Gabriel is everlastingly in control of himself. He accepts the fact the Bathsheba does not love him so unlike Boldwood, leaves her alone. He also keeps to his word, for example, when he told her that he would no longer talk to her, he didnt. Oak however, is a very honest and loyal man.Whenever Bathsheba was in a crisis, she alw ays asked for Oak. An example of this is when her sheep had eaten some clover and fell ill. She relied on Oak to come and save them. When her farm went on fire, Oak was the mysterious man who helped and at her wedding, when there was a storm, Oak strengthened the wicks. In a crisis he acts calmly and bravely saving Bathshebas crops in the fire and storm. He honestly condemns Bathshebas conduct to Boldwood on a number of occasions, twice confront dismissal. He is dismayed by Bathshebas infatuation with Troy, attempting to warn her against trusting him.When hiding his feelings he says he adored Bathsheba. Hardy points out the contrasts in the midst of homely Oak and the attractive Troy whose deformities lay deep down from a womans vision. There is a big contrast between Oak and Troy. Another difference between these characters is that Troy gambles and Gabriel reckons up the exact financial value of distributively risk threatened by the storm. At the end of the story it turns for th e better for Oak. He gets promoted from being the sheepman to the bailiff, his industry is awarded and he is offered a hare of the profits to manage Boldwoods farm after his imprisonment.Bathsheba realises at the end after Troys death, that she becomes weak and depressed and increasingly dependant on Gabriel. This helps her notice that she loves him and finally agrees to marry him. This shows that more or less the whole novel is about obsession between each of the characters. It also has a lot of romance in it with hard realism running through and through it. Additionally, it shows that not only is it the world that fall backs control in natural disasters but also people lose control in emotional disasters.