Religion in Far From the Madding Crowd
UNIT 2 LITERATURE OUTCOME THREE TEXT: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Religion: Hardy doesn’t think religion is an important feature in this novel, so he uses his most celebrated character Gabriel, to express his unenthusiastic approach to religion. ▫ “He went to church, but yawned privately by the time the congregation reached the Nicene creed, and thought of what would there be for dinner when he meant to be listening to the sermon” Page 3 * Hardy makes it very clear that Gabriel is not interested in religion at all.