Mr_Shank

Book V

 Since his mother, Mrs. Yeobright, died, Clym had been deeply depressed. Eustacia had also been feeling unhappy because she never meant for her unkindness to lead to Mrs. Yeobright’s death. When ever she begins to feel upset she seeks the comfort of Wildeve once again. After Clym starts to recover from his depression he begins to investigate what happened to his mother the day she died. He eventually talks with Diggory and Christian and learns that his mother had planned to visit him hoping they could reconcile. Then he talks to Johnny Nonsuch, the boy who received Mrs. Yeobright’s last words, he tells Clym that he saw another man enter the house, and then Mrs. Yeobright knocked on the door. Eustacia looked out but did not let her in, so Mrs. Yeobright stormed away thinking her son wanted nothing to do with her. Clym suspects that the man Johnny saw was Wildeve. He then becomes furious and confronts Eustacia, she tells him that she wasn’t sure what to do and that it was all very confusing, but she wouldn’t tell Clym about the man who entered the house. She then leaves Clym and goes to live with her grandfather again.
While staying with her grandfather she is cared for by his servant Charley. Charley begins to fall in love with Eustacia and as she contemplates killing herself he takes precautions so that she won’t be able to. While trying to woo Eustacia he creates a huge bonfire. Wildeve sees the fire and mistakenly thinks that Eustacia wants to meet with him. They begin to talk about leaving the Heath and going to Paris. While this is going on Clym goes to talk with Thomasin, he tells her that he still loves Eustacia. Later, when Wildeve returns home, Thomasin tells him that she believes he and Eustacia are “getting it on.” He becomes angry and the very next day he gives the signal to Eustacia that they are going to leave that night. Eustacia goes to meet Wildeve that night, there is a horrible storm during the time. She thinks about how poor she is and how Wildeve is not the kind of man she would have wanted to move to Paris with. Then the book switches directions completely and starts talking about Susan Nonsuch. She is making some sort if doll to resemble Eustacia, she then throws it in the fire, this is no doubt a foreshadowing of the things that will come.

Clym is sitting at home waiting for Eustacia when Thomasin tells him that Wildeve has left their home. Then Captain Vye, Eustacia’s father, tells him that Eustacia is also gone. Worried they go out looking for them. Clym and Wildeve meet, Wildeve is on his way to meet Eustacia. They hear the sound of something falling into the nearby river. They realize that it is Eustacia and both jump in to save her. Diggory then arrives on the scene and tries to rescue them. He recovers Wildeve and Clym, Wildeve is dead. They later find the body of Eustacia. Clym is the only one left alive; he blames himself for all their deaths and once again becomes depressed.

Book VI

Both Clym and Thomasin are deeply disturbed by the deaths of their spouses. Thomasin eventually moves in with Clym. For the longest time Clym remained alone is his part of their house. Eventually Thomasin realizes that she must be there for her daughter, her spirits then rose and she is happy once again. Then Diggory comes back to town, he is no longer a reddleman and once again starts talking to Thomasin. The two begin to fall in love all over again and after an argument with Clym the two eventually marry. Clym is once again left alone in the house; he becomes a sort of a preacher and preaches around the Heath. In the end it worked out tragically for most, although Thomasin and her daughter are finally going to have the life they deserved.

WORDS!!!!

maypole- a colorfully decorate pole that people would dance around (I thought I knew what it was but I figured I would checked, seemed too obvious)

weir- a small dam or stream

Not many words I didn’t know, must have gotten used to the writing, if their are any other words you didn’t know please mention them.
Also….a question….

What do you think would have happened if Clym had died instead of Wildeve?????