The Return Of The Native: A Relationship Destined For Destruction

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of man”(Hardy 496).
Mrs. Yeobright is quick to pass judgment on others, including Clym.
“And yet you might have been a wealthy man if you had only persevered. Manager to that large diamond establishment –what better can a man wish for? What a post of trust and respect and respect! I suppose you will be like your father; like him, you are getting weary of doing well.” (Hardy 139)

Clym, like Mrs. Yeobright, is also quick to judge. He is a man of ideals with no real sense of love in his heart. After hearing of the circumstances surrounding his mother’s death, he quickly places all guilt on Eustacia: “‘ You shut the door –you looked out of the window upon her –you had a man in the house with you –you sent her away to die’”(Hardy 254). Clym immediately wishes punishment on Eustacia: “‘May all murderesses get the torment they deserve’”(Hardy 251). Shirley Stave believes that Clym: “…represents modern consciousness, Hardy’s grim projection of where the human species is ...

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Vye towards the heath, and translate them into loves, and you have the heart of Clym”(Hardy 137). Eustacia needs something more than the Heath can provide. She, more than anything, wants to leave Egdon Heath. Clym realizes this but refuses to accept it. Clym knows Eustacia’s needs but puts them off to pursue his own. George Wing suggest that after winner her, Clym “dumps her in the back of the beyond she hates” (Wing 486).
Mrs. Yeobright’s possessiveness contributes to Clym and Eustacia’s decaying relationship. Mrs. Yeobright is extremely protective of Clym. When she hears of Clym’s feelings toward Eustacia, she is enraged. She immediately concludes Eustacia is not good enough for ...

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