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An Essay on the withered arm by Thomas Hardy.
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An Essay on the withered arm by Thomas Hardy.
By Jade Price.
The withered arm is a pre-20th Century, short story. It is full of supernatural elements and coincidences.
The story involves the characters Rhoda, a jealous middle aged woman who has an eligitermaite son by farmer Lodge. Farmer Lodge has just married a young, beautiful woman called Gertrude. Rhoda being a jealous woman unconsciously conjures up an evil incubus. This causes Gertrude's arm to weather, she tries all the cures she knows off, but resorts to using the supernatural to heal it. This leads to a dramatic ending.
How effective or convincing are the events in the story and how effective are they from the point of view of the reader?
Right at the beginning of the story we are in suspense because there is much speculation about the new bride.
At the beginning of the story it is thought that Rhoda and Gertrude are rivals, as they have both had a realashipship with farmer lodge. They occupy traditional roles in the story; Rhoda is the older neglected lover with her looks fading. Gertrude is the young, beautiful blooming new wife. Age, beauty,
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