Far From The Madding Crowd Essay

This inconsiderate act lead Boldwood to recall that Bathsheba wanted marriage with him. As we found reveal Boldwood is very ignorant to discern and because he is a very sensitive character falls into a false sense of security because of Bathshebas prank. In chapter 23 it looked as if marriage was inevitable because Bathsheba promises to connect Boldwood when he returns. I shall be able to promise to be your wife Boldwood is delighted that he has the chance to enter into a marriage with Bathsheba. It is enough I dont ask more. I sack wait on those dear words.The take of attraction is neither physical, physiological nor emotional, the only level of attraction is Bellwoods intellect and social status. In chapter 53 Boldwood proves his love and obsession when Troy returns to the scene. Boldwood is to the full aware of the threat Troy w badly impose and therefore shoots him. From the beginning we can tell that zipper pull up stakes ever amount between their relationship as the emotion felt by Boldwood isnt reciprocated. Boldwood feels for Bathsheba on all five levels of attraction physical, intellectual, social, psychological and emotional.Within the Bathsheba Boldwood relationship Hardy is trying to kick upstairs the fact that for a relationship to be a success there must be an embody level of attraction. Hardy believes that it is great to be in love but it is a lot let out to be loved. The second mistake, probably Bathshebas biggest mistake was Sgt. Frank Troy. He is the charming soldier who meets Bathsheba in a romantic twilight on the plantation. Hardy doesnt let us live in this dream world for long because he reveals the true identity of Troy.Troy impresses men, lies to women and misuses his intelligence and power in flirtation and deceit. We are also made aware of unity of Troys previous relationships with one Fanny Robin. Troy and Fanny had much like the relationship as Bathsheba and troy because she is wooed at premier by his charm then finds out what he is truly like. Troy ignores Fanny as she becomes ill and is very poor because of what he had done. However in the Chapter appropriately named Fannys revenge they read the dead body and Fanny Robin and it is revealed she was pregnant with Troys baby.Troy is devastated and kisses the corpse in front of Bathsheba. Troys true love was Fanny not Bathsheba. Bathsheba is attracted to Troy almost genuine away even when she finds out what he is really like. However she turns a blind eye to this because she has already fallen in love with him. With this ideal Hardy is trying to promote the idea that love is blind. In the early stages of their relationship troy comes across as a very loving and caring economise who treats Bathsheba like a queen however as a reader we know this is far from the truth.The superlative degree of his boyish charm is within chapter 28, in this chapter Troy exhilarates Bathsheba as he does a sword suffice from now on in Troy dominates the relationshi p and this is where the deceit begins. But how could you chop off a curl of my hair with a sword that has no edge? No edge This sword result shave like a razor. Look here The scene is very typeic because Bathsheba is led to believe the sword is blunt although Troy knows it is extremely sharp. The symbolism is that troy is the sword and Bathsheba is naive to see that Troy is a sharp edge himself and can do a lot of harm. Bathshebas love increases for Troy as the novel progresses until the very last point where Troy is shot and Oak and Bathsheba marry. The relationship begins to diminish as Troy begins to gamble and treat Bathsheba inadequately however she persists to take it. Hardy is trying to promote and infer with hundreds upon thousands of men and women who become confused and distraught in love and that it takes two to tango. Troy possesses galore(postnominal) of the levels of attraction however due to his nature and mannerisms they hinder him.We are told he is hand roughly , we discover he is precocious however uses it to his own advantage, he is also well known and more importantly respected in Weatherbury, he charms women and then he manipulates them once he has won them over emotionally and he go forth also say one thing and for it to have another meaning this shows he is very conniving. I believe Hardy has incorporated a character like Troy to try and prove than some mistakes are greater than others and in love there is a tendency for it to go wrong more than once and that there, as there are for a attraction, different levels of love and sometimes it can be perceived wrongly.Gabriel Oak, probably the most complex character in the novel when it comes down to love because of his simplistic character in all other aspects of the novel. The name has a biblical reference to God our baffles most trusted angel Gabriel. The angel the Gabriel had the very important to tell the Virgin bloody shame that she was to bare the Son of God. There is also an ass ociation with the natural world with the link with the Oak tree, strong, intrepid and reliable. Oak is a very modest and courageous man at times risking his life to uphold his sheep and risking his heart to be loved.This in my opinion is Hardy showing that you must risk many things for love to prevail. Oak is the third love of Bathsheba and her final husband. Gabriels relationship begins at full pace when in the early chapters of the book when he comes to her with a lamb and a marriage proposal. The lamb is a symbol of new beginnings and such to show the first stages of Oak and Bathshebas relationship and eventually the lamb will bloom into a full grown and happy sheep reflecting on the outcome of Oak and Bathshebas relationship.