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2013 Annual Graduation Thesis (Project) Defense of the College Undergraduate Survival of the Fittest  Analyzing Henchard ’ s Tragedy from Social Darwinism 适者生存-社会达尔文主义视域下亨查德的悲剧解读 Department: English Department, College of Foreign Languages Major: English Grade: 2009 Student Name: Student No.: Tutor: Finished by May, 2013 Story The story took place in the background of Industrial Revolution. It mainly told us a story about Henchard. He was a nameless hay- trusser, who was drunk and sold his wife and daughter to a sailor. With his own hard work and efforts, he obtained certain achievements. His business developed rapidly and became a respected mayor of Casterbridge. However, eighteen years later, his wife and daughter went back to him and he remarried his ex-wife and left his lover, Lucetta. What ’ s more,He failed pete with Farfrae, and Farfrae replaced everything of Henchard, including his business, love and social position. Henchard felt in deep despair, so he left Casterbridge and died lonely and pitifully. 12345 ? About The Theme ? The Chosen Methods ? Research Framework ? The Introduction of My Paper ? Conclusion CONTENT 6 Problems That Still Exist I. About The Theme Background: In recent years, a lot of scholars have studied The Mayor of Casterbridge. However, only a few scholars have done the research on analyzing Henchard ’s tragedy from Social Darwinism in The Mayor of Casterbrigde. Significance: This paper will try to analyze Henchard ’ s tragedy from Social Darwinism, which may offer a new perspective for better understanding of The Mayor of Casterbridge 1. Finding the Social Darwinism in The Mayor of Casterbridge. 2. Finding Henchard ’ s tragedy from three aspects — family tragedy, career tragedy and love tragedy from the perspective of Social Darwinism. 3 Analyzing the reasons of Henchard ’ s tragedy and have a better understanding of Thomas Hardy and his works. Purpose: II. The