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Definition of Mood
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect of a piece of writing... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. Every aspect... read full definition
The mood of a piece of writing is its general atmosphere or emotional complexion—in short, the array of feelings the work evokes... read full definition
Part 1, Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis:
The mood of Jude the Obscure is occasionally hopeful, but those moments of hope only underscore its more general sense of tragedy and the unfairness of Jude's apparently predestined failures. The reader begins the novel hoping for the best, as Jude determines to improve his situation and learn his way out of his limited horizons. As a young boy he thinks about his opportunities to escape the tiny village of his birth, musing after first seeing Christminster in Part 1, Chapter 3 that:
‘It is a city of light, ’ he said to himself.
‘The tree of knowledge grows there, ’ he added a few steps further on
‘It is a place that teachers of men spring from and go to.’
‘It is what you may call a castle, manned by scholarship and religion.’
After this figure he was silent a long while, till he added: ‘It would just suit me.’
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