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come in the novel and Hardy's style?

In the first chapter of the Mayor of Casterbridge, the main characters are introduced to us from the outset (a young family with a small child approaching the village of Weydon-Priors,) with the opening line informing the reader immediately of fundamental characters in the story. Thomas Hardy then immediately moves on to establish the protagonist, prior to conveying images of the village setting to the reader. Thus, Hardy suggests to the reader that the main attention of the novel will be on this man only and the way in which the setting and other characters influence him. This immediate attention on Henchard helps to reinforce and illustrate that the sub title of the novel is "The life and death of a man of character." Not only are characters initiated to us in chapter one but we also see themes and issues to come in the novel as well as the disclosure of Hardy's style. A key element of the novel's opening chapter is the shocking and......

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