Week two, Blog question two, Plot Summary

Eustacia Vye is a young, beautiful woman who hates her life at Egdon heath and badly wishes to leave and find a more adventure filled life. After she forms a relationship with Clym, she hopes he will take her to new and exotic locations, but instead, Clym almost blinds and is forced change occupations. Eustacia is severely unhappy with the occurrence and feels chained the marriage with Clym. In the feeling of hopelessness, she ends up throwing herself into Shadwater Weir and drowning.

Ham Pegotty is a sailor who drowns while attempting to rescue fellow shipmates from a shipwreck. Ham is a boat builder and lives in Yarmouth, a coastal town in Norfolk England.

Moby Dick is a short story where Captain Ahab, the protagonist, has an obsession with the large, sought after sperm whale Moby Dick. The captain looses his leg to Moby Dick and vows revenge. Ahab is so obsessed with his vow of revenge that he his willing to sacrifice the lives of his crew members, his ship and even his own life to destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick.