‘Will you marry me? I can provide for you, I have sheep that can pay off the land and you can settle here in this beautiful country. You can get a piano in the house. I can make you happy.’ – Mr. Gabriel Oak, Far from the Madding Crowd. I was watching this movie(Far from the Madding Crowd) a few days ago, after failing to find the book and something in it struck me. Men, in a time long gone as shown in the movie, used to marry women because they could provide for them, the men were hard workers. A man with work was looked at as a responsible…
