Marriage and Social Identity in The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native presents a world in which “doing means marrying". Thomas Hardy shows how the dominant discourse of the Victorian society defines an individual’s whole life through the conformity to the social code of marriage. This paper clarifies how Hardy’s satirical tone implicitly...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Petra Christian University
2012-01-01
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| Series: | K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature |
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| Online Access: | http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ing/article/view/18658 |