The document is a student paper about Thomas Hardy's psychological realism in his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. It discusses the main character Michael Henchard, who rises from obscurity to become mayor of the town. Henchard struggles with anger and ego throughout the novel. At one point, his relationship with Elizabeth-Jane provides him a faint hope that he might come to love her as his own, if she continues to love him despite his flaws.

1. Thomas Hardy : Psychological Realism
in The Mayor of Casterbridge
• M.K Bhavnagar University
• Name : Joshi Jignasha
roll no : o6
Semester : 04
year : 2012 – 2013

2. "rises from shameful obscurity to the mayoralty"

3. Mayor of Town
Rich Man
Common
man

5. • In the midst of his gloom [Elizabeth-Jane]
seemed to him as a pin-point of light . . . and
for the first time, he had a faint dream that
he might get to like her as his own, — if she
would only continue to love him. (Hardy 361)

6. Henchard
Anger Ego

7. • Thank you
• Submitted to Department of English