The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) demonstrates Hardy’s idea and belief that Nature controls Man, and that he is helpless before its powers. The novel is based on an objective, empirical presentation of human beings. Therefore, Thomas Hardy shows through the events that human behavior is controlled by instinct, emotion, or social and economic conditions. The hero of the novel faces many misfortunes and all the time is in battle with Fate. He almost loses everything in the battle, and it is up to him to continue or to give up.