The Ruturn of the Native 还乡.ppt

The Return of the Native —— Thomas Hardy Character Plot Outline Clement Yeobright Diggory Venn Damon Wildeve married strongly objected marrird love her in all his life finally married former lover Eustacia Vye Mrs. Yeobright Thomasin Yeobright niece still love Eustacia Vye is the first character came in the novel, who longs to be a big-city girl and hates being stuck in podunk Egdon. She is having a clandestine(私密的) romance with Damon Wildeve, but Damon is a player and ends up seeing another lady, Thomasin Yeobright, on the side. Thomasin and Damon try to elope, but botch it. A scandal ensues and Damon isnt sure which woman he wants after all. Thomasin is also loved by Diggory Venn, but she refuses his advances. Diggory tries to interfere in Eustacia and Damons relationship, but it works itself out without him. Meanwhile, Thomasins cousin, Clym Yeobright, returns home from Paris, hence the title of the novel. Eustacia decides to fall in love with him since she loves Paris. Clym is likewise enchanted by Eustacia. But Clyms mother is less than thrilled with the situation. She and her son fight and then part ways on bad terms. Clym and Eustacia get married and are happy for all of five seconds before Clym goes partially blind and the couple falls on bad economic times. Eustacia starts getting close to her former flame, Damon, once again. Mrs. Yeobright tries to make amends(和解)with her son, but a series of misunderstandings leads to her death. To make matters worse, Eustacia is partially responsible for her death. After a tense period, Clym finds out what happened and has a horrible fight with Eustacia. The two separate and Eustacia considers running away with Damon, who offers to take her to Paris after he inherits a bunch of money. Damon and Eustacia prepare to leave, but Eustacia remains very reluctant. On the night of their departure, a storm arrives and the two end up drowning. Clym is devastated, as is Thomasin, who is now a widow with a newborn