Page1 The Return Of The Native Numerous themes run through Thomas Hardys novel The Return of the Native. They serve as a means of collecting together the different ideas that Hardy wanted to incorporate into the novel, and introduce the main plots. One of the novels central themes is coincidence. It links to most of the other themes and many of the events in the book come about because of a coincidence. An example of …showed first 75 words of 1258 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1258 total…conclusion many of the themes Hardy incorporated into The Return of the Native are just as relevant today as they were when the novel was written. Money still dictates the actions of many people, and Love still shapes many of our destiny's as it has always done and although to a lesser extent, themes such as status are still valid, after all we still have an aristocracy. Even superstition has not been fully outlawed. 1268 words