远离尘嚣 文学论文

Love possessed not nor would it be possessed

-- three different attitudes towards love

Outline:

1.a brief introduction to the novel and the whole

paper

2.three different attitudes toward love

i.to love is to make the person you love happy

ii.to love is to possess

iii.love is a game

3.conclusion

Hardy shares the same idea with Jibran about love.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed

-- Three different attitudes towards love Abstract: Thomas Hardy is a very famous novelist in 20th century. Many critics studied his works from many different perspectives, such as his writing style, story structure, religious thoughts and idyllic scenery in his novel and so on. Today, this essay will talk about the three different attitudes towards love in this novel.

摘要：汤姆斯.哈代是20世纪非常著名的小说家。到目前为止，有很多的评论家对他作品中的写作风格，故事结构，宗教思想和田园风光等做了研究，但是本文将谈论《远离尘嚣》中的三种不同的爱情观。

Key words: Bathsheba, Gabriel, Troy, Boldwood, love

关键字：芭思谢芭，埃布里，特罗依，博尔德伍德，爱情

Far From the Madding Crowed is a novel that makes Hardy famous. It is a symbol that Hardy’s early novels reach a climax in mind and arts. Most importantly, Hardy created his works as a regional writer all his life(Liu Maosheng.148:36-38). In this novel, there are four main characters: Gabriel Oak, Boldwood, Troy, and Bathsheba. The three men hold three completely different attitudes to love.

1. Gabriel Oak: to love is to make the person you love happy.

Gabriel, accompanying her for all her life, is traditional, versatile and upright and has a good character. To a degree, all of Gabriel’s good qualities can be summarized in his serene acceptance of his limitations, as well as of his talents (R. Nelson Elizabeth, 119:15-16). His devotion to Bathsheba is marked by a patient acceptance, both of her faults and her process to mature.

Though he loved Bathsheba deeply all the time, he never entangled her after her refusal to his proposal. Rebuffed, he just made up his mind to work on his enterprise—a very small farm. Unfortunately, he bankrupted finally. Since then, he became an employee in Bathsheba’s farm. He could see her every day, but he never showed his love to her again. What he did was to help her run the farm silently.

He loved her deeply, but he never lost his dignity and principles. He respected himself as a man and as an individual. As a female, Bathsheba was vain and was eager to be praised by others. However, Gabriel never flattered her to gain her heart. No matter when and where he met Bathsheba, he was to be himself. Once upon a time, hearing some rumors, Bathsheba asked him for some details. He told her the truth. At that time, Bathsheba asked him to calm down the rumor, but he refused her request, which made her very angry and said that he must leave the farm before the weekend. Gabriel left. Unluckily, the lambs in Bathsheba’s farm were sick and there were no skilled person to cure them except Gabriel.