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A graphic presentation of the plot and characters in Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. It is designed to facilitate the teaching of the novel to high school or community college students.
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THOMAS HARDY’S NOVEL, THE MAYOR OF
CASTERBRIDGE
A PowerPoint program designed by Charles Henderson
2006
Simple plot of the novel
A drunken Michael Henchard sells his
wife, susan, and daughter to a sailor
named NewsomInsulted, Susan takes her
daughter and leaves with the
sailor.
Henchard searches for his
family the next day but can’t find
them.
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
19 Years Pass
Henchard re-marries Susan and rejects Lucetta
Templeman, with whom he had been “intimate” and had promised to marry someday
Farfrae, a Scotsman, is hired as Henchard’s
manager
Susan learns Michael is in Casterbridge. There, she and Elizabeth find
him wealthy and also the Mayor of the city
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Allows Elizabeth
to date Farfrae
A rift develops between Henchard
and Farfrae
He forbids Elizabeth to date Farfrae
Farfrae starts his own
company
Susan dies
Henchard learns
Elizabeth is not his daughter
Elizabeth meets
Lucetta at the cemetery
Henchard eventually fires
Farfrae
Lucetta meets Farfrae
Elizabeth movesin with
Lucetta
Lucetta and
Farfrae marry
Elizabeth loses
Farfrae
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Lucetta Templeman arrives and asks
Henchard to erase the “blemish” on her name
by marrying her
Henchard goesBankrupt because ofSpeculation on the
crops
An old woman shows up and exposes Henchard’s past; he is publicly disgraced and forced
to resign as mayor
Henchard goes to work for Farfrae,
who becomes new the Mayor
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Henchard returns some incriminating letters he has from Lucetta, but they are intercepted by the town’s people
A public parade ensues; Lucetta is humiliated, and
dies of grief
Farfrae then turns his attention again to
Elizabeth
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The sailor, Newsom, shows up and reveals to Henchard that Elizabeth is his real daughter, not Henchard’s. Henchard lies and tells him that she died the
previous year.
FARFRAE AND ELIZABETH ANNOUNCE
THEIR MARRIAGE
Farfrae turns his attention
again to Elizabeth
Newsom returnsWhen he learns that
Henchard lied to him.
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THE REJECTED HENCHARD LEAVES, AND ATTENDED BY ABEL WHITE, DIES
SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE NEWLY MARRIED FARFRAES ARE WITNESS TO HIS LAST REQUEST FOR ANNONIMITY
Henchard leavesCasterbridge intotal disgrace
Henchard comes to
the wedding with a gift
and is rejected
