ory. The events that make up the whole story lay in the first actions of Henchard. In the first chapter Henchard sells his wife and daughter to Newson, a sailor, when Henchard was drunk at a celebration in Casterbridge. The next morning Henchard regrets his actions and he looks for his family, however, he never mentions to anyone how he lost them. As a result, Henchard decides to make a vow to not drink for twenty-one years and eventually he becomes the mayor of Casterbridge. From these events that take place early in the story Hardy portrays Henchard as a man who acts on the "spur" of the moment, without thinking about the consequences and without accepting his own faults. This attitude together
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