Essays about: "Carl Nimrod Åhrman"

Found 1 essay containing the words Carl Nimrod Åhrman.

  1. 1. Thomas Hardy's Goddess: A Mythological Reading of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Carl Nimrod Åhrman; [2010-08-04]
    Keywords : Victorian novel; Mythology; Thomas Hardy; Animal Symbolism; Pathetic Fallacy; Modern analysis of 19th century literature; English countryside;

    Abstract : This essay strives to make a re-definition of Thomas Hardy's classic heroine Tess, from "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", an archetypal example of a fallen woman. The fallen woman was a phenomenon of Victorian culture, a puritan way of keeping young girls from losing their morals, but Hardy's Tess is more than a warning example, she is a strong woman who is more reminiscent of the female divinities of Greek mythology. READ MORE