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The narration shifts from Bathsheba to Troy, moving backwards in time in order to fill in his reaction to Fanny’s death. The book once again underlines the earnestness of his feelings for Fanny that coexists with his petulant childishness. Active Themes. In the morning, Troy rises and rides to Casterbridge, to the mason.
Troy is an excellent marksman, and he dazzles Bathsheba, especially when he cuts off just one lock of her hair. He points to a caterpillar resting on the front of her bodice, and in a flash flicks it off with his sword. He puts his weapon away, saying she was within a hair’s breadth of danger, though he never would have let anything happen to ...
Analysis. That same evening, Troy asks Bathsheba for 20 pounds, and her face sinks. First he says it’s for the races, but when Bathsheba again begs him not to go with dignified beauty, he says it’s not for the races at all, though he refuses to say for what. She says if she pays she has the right to know, pouting a little, but he tells her ...
Mrs. Hurst is Bathsheba ’s aunt and caretaker who allows her niece to mostly manage the household. She is a bit cantankerous and scheming—she suggests to Gabriel that Bathsheba has a number of young suitors, for instance—before falling out of the story when Bathsheba leaves for Weatherbury.
Analysis. Fanny continues walking, her steps growing feebler. She stops to sleep by a haystack, then awakens to see Casterbridge in the distance, and wonders if she’ll ever get there. A clock strikes two and a carriage rolls past her. Fanny rises and continues on, resting again by a thicket: she opens a gate to find “faggots” or bundles ...
In 1870 Victorian England, Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is working on her aunt's farm in Dorset. Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a new neighbor, sees Bathsheba riding her horse and falls in love with her. He proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she is too independent. One night a new sheepdog chases Gabriel's ...
Analysis. As winter goes on, Bathsheba reaches a mood of calm, though not peace: she feels pain that Troy is not still hers. She’s lost interest in the farm, but keeps it going out of instinct. She does install Gabriel as bailiff to take on what she no longer cares to do. Despite her suspicion, maturity, and knowledge, Bathsheba still does ...
