Thomas Hardy
1840-1928
19c, novelist
Criticism about bad conventionality, old custom
Reform society
Immanent Will
Hardy’s novel = novels of character and environment
Human being, irrespective of one’s effort, is governed by the power which blindly controls the universe
Immanent will appear as one’s character, environment, hereditary tendency
Human being is not moved by the god,
English became the key to overcome the punishment as the language gains overwhelming superiority over other languages. Some people believe that spreads of English harms the nation’s tradition and culture. However, using English as the global language is beneficial in many ways because it will increase the nation’s international competitiveness, and provide more opportunities for people.
passion and affections for Miss Rosamond.
Jane - asks why he does not just marry her.
St. John – says that he is very much in love with Rosamond; but he knows that Miss Rosamond would not be suited to be a missionary's wife. He insists that he is a cold, hard man who is not willing to give up his ambitions for God, for love. He remarks that Jane is original and direct in her manner
in the prevention of abuses by the powerful. He argued that legislators ought to provide information to the public through education. Then the result of education will conclude to national consent. This process is necessary because the government which he argued was based on the theory of social contract. The goal of education was to insure love of a free, democratic government. Although he ref
최근 자살로 사망한 사람들에 대한 소식들이 하나둘씩 전해지면서 우리사회에서는 새로운 사회문제로 자살이 부각되고 있다.
사실 자살이 최근에만 있어 왔던 일은 아니다. 아주 옛날부터 자살은 항상 있어왔다. 그리고 우리는 그 자살이라는 것이 지극히 개인적인 문제라고 인식해 왔다. 자살이라는