Sheep and the Dog
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Far from the Madding Crowd
zurichpoet — 17 years ago(March 02, 2009 11:46 PM)
Isnt that really, thematically, the whole story?
The whole story of life?
Once outside of mans own gate it is destroyed by nature.
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ksf-2 — 12 years ago(May 01, 2013 03:35 PM)
SPOILER i wondered about that too.. at the very beginning, he is yelling at the dog.. first he says "No, bad dog" and then he says "You mad dog" (i turned on captioning) so.. my thought is either the dog was just plain crazy and ran em off the cliff, or maybe he was mad at the owner for yelling at him, and got revenge on the owner.
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Zerose — 12 years ago(June 02, 2013 01:21 AM)
Revenge? Hahaha! The dog was clearly young and inexperienced as it bit several sheep while herding.
When Oak said "You mad dog", he was referring to the fact the dog was uncontrollable because the dog still hasn't learned how to conform to the 'rules' of herding. He'll come across this problem in Bathsheba, who'll be seen as uncontrollable for not conforming to the society's rules on how a woman should behave.