Thomas Hardy's psychological representations : a study of his novels

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The Paper deals with one of the prominent figures in the English novel, his fiction is controversial, for the modern qualities of his novels.

His works like The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of d'Urberville and Jude the Obscure are considered part of the classics of English Novel.

Hardy is distinguished from other novelist of the Victorian Period in his developed philosophical views about life drawn from his own experience.

This brings him closer to modern psychologist especially Freud and his theories.

The paper aims at explaining Hardy's philosophy and ideas from the perspective of Freud's theories.

The paper consists of an Introduction giving a brief background about the topic.

Section one, talks about Hardy's philosophy about man and Fate.

Section two, deals with Hardy's theory of heredity and comparing it with modern psychology especially Freud's concepts of heredity.

Section three, is dominated by Freud's ideas of instincts of life and death and applying them on Hardy's novels.

The conclusion, sums up the finding of the paper.