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English Literature Coursework Assignment - ‘Compare and contrast Bathsheba Everdene’s three suitors’ In the novel ‘’ the main female role, Bathsheba Everdene, is pursued by three suitors, each of whom is very different from the others. These three men ....

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.... check before her. When Troy had become entangled with her, one of his first questions was ‘Are you a woman?’, to which Bathsheba replied, ‘Yes.’ His immediate reaction was to compliment her by calling her a lady, illustrating his natural tendency to see most young ladies he comes across as merely objects for personal conquest. Flattery is of course his chief weapon in charming and conquering the female heart. One of the main reasons that Bathsheba fell for him in the first place is her own vulnerability to flattery, as she is such a vain young lady. From this point on, on the occasions that he meets her, he continues to remark on how beauti ....