Jopp'Mature Women Kissing s evil presence carries over to this chapter. He encounters Henchard and inflames Henchard's already seething case against both Farfrae and Lucetta. Henchard decides that he must confront Farfrae. In Farfrae's barn, Henchard challenges the Mature Women Kissing new mayor to a wrestling match Mature Women Kissing to the death. Saying that he is the stronger man, Henchard ties one hand behind his back to make the Mature Women Kissing fight fair. Henchard seems to be a curious mixture of bully and fair fighter. The Mature Women Kissing battle is over quickly. Henchard Mature Women Kissing forces Farfrae to the edge of the loft and Mature Women Kissing is about to
push him to his death. He cannot Mature Women Kissing do it, however. This marks the third time Mature Women Kissing that Henchard has stopped himself from destroying Farfrae or Lucetta.
NOTE: Mature Women Kissing HENCHARD'S ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS At different points in the novel, Henchard is compared to a series of animals--from Mature Women Kissing a raging bull to a fangless lion. Mature Women Kissing there is a certain animal quality about Mature Women Kissing his unbridled energy. In this chapter, Henchard decides
Mature Women Kissing to fight Farfrae to show that he is a "real man"; however, the fight shows him to be more of an animal. In many ways, the rivalry between Henchard and Farfrae Mature Women Kissing parallels the rivalry of Mature Women Kissing two male animals fighting over territory and mates. Henchard was there first, but Mature Women Kissing the newcomer has
presented Mature Women Kissing a serious and eventually successful challenge. Henchard loses and considers finding a new territory, but instead Mature Women Kissing he remains and becomes domesticated. "Henchard had become in measure broken in," Hardy states earlier. The fight in the barn also parallels Henchard's Mature Women Kissing earlier encounter with the bull. Farfrae wrenches Henchard'Mature Women Kissing s arm much as Henchard had wrenched the bull's neck. Once the fight has ended and Henchard has stopped short of killing his opponent, he hides himself shamefully in the barn "in a crouching attitude, unusual for a man...".
He leaves the barn in shame, realizing that even his physical (animal) strength, upon which his pride has been based, has not been enough to help him triumph over his "