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Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure.'.(novel by English author Thomas Hardy)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19990322
Author:Kearney, Anthony

English author Thomas Hardy's intentions appear to be ambiguous in his use of the line 'Save his own soul he hath no star' in an epigraph in part two of the novel 'Jude the Obscure.' This was a favorite quotation of the author and it probably derives from some lines in the play 'The Honest Man's Fortune' by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The line alludes to the notion of man being his own star and controling his own destiny. Thus, Hardy's use of it in 'Jude' reflects his contemplation of what might have been an alternative for himself.

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