Read this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's
"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?"
"But someone digs upon my grave?/My enemy? —Prodding sly?"/
-"Nay: when she heard you had passed the Gate/That shuts on all flesh soon or late,/ She thought you no more worth her hate,/And cares not where you lie."
How does Hardy depict human nature?
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fickle
hypocritical
noble
steadfast
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noble. Hardy depicts human nature as ultimately forgiving and understanding, as shown by the woman in the poem who no longer holds a grudge against the person buried in the grave.
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