“Disappointment in Love and Everlasting Struggles against Indifference to Human Suffering in Two Poems by Thomas Hardy”

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  • Asst. Prof. Essam Muhammad Mahmood College of Education/ Department of English Alnoor University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69513/jnfh.v1.i1.a10

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Keywords: Modern English Poetry, Thomas Hardy, Disappointment, Suffering.

Abstract

Abstract

The major objective of this paper is to shed a bunch of light on two contradictory personalities who are totally different in manners, behaviours, thinking, tendencies and above all response. These two characters are Emma, the innocent tender creature who has devoted all her youth and life to her husband Hardly who is in contrast to her selfish, nonchalant, careless and vain man. In the two poems, namely: "The Voice" and "After A Journey. "These two absolutely contradictory personalities are purely presented.

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Published

2024-05-31

How to Cite

“Disappointment in Love and Everlasting Struggles against Indifference to Human Suffering in Two Poems by Thomas Hardy”. (2024). Al-Noor Journal for Humanities, 1(1), 50-60. https://doi.org/10.69513/jnfh.v1.i1.a10

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