Far From The Madding Crowd: Love Is Love Is Love

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is the first impression she gives Gabriel Oak, who eventually becomes a suitor, when she encounters him at the beginning of the story. The first time Gabriel laid eyes on Bathsheba, she was gazing admiringly at her own reflection in her pocket mirror. Gabriel realized immediately that her greatest fault was “what it is always . . . vanity.”
Gabriel, although impressed by Bathsheba’s beauty and vivacity, does not immediately begin to court her. He proposes marriage to her, but she admits that she does not love Gabriel and if they tried to make a relationship work without love, he would grow to despise her. Being the amiable fellow that he proves himself to be throughout the story, Gabriel is quite firm when he tells Bathsheba, “Very well . . . then I’ll ask you no more.”
Although Hardy might wish his readers to believe that this episode is the end of any romance between Bathsheba and Gabriel, we realize that there is a grain of truth to the phrase “save the best for last.” ...

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despite their age difference and variance in background. He doesn’t realize the frivolity with which the valentine was written and she fails to see the potentially tragic results her thoughtless act could bring. Boldwood declared his feelings for her, but she declined to admit any real interest in him and thus deeply regretted her reckless act. She later agrees to give him her decision whether or not to marry him within four or five weeks.
However, in that short period of time, Bathsheba is introduced to her second suitor, Sergeant Francis Troy. Where Boldwood’s love is mature and predictable, Troy seem to be full of excitement and thrilling danger. Bathsheba, still tending to act ...

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