Both Stories Concentrate on How People Appear To Others. Discuss The Way Each Writer Uses Comic Elements To Achieve A Serious Effect.

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Mrs Turner Cutting The Grass & The Purple Pileus Comparison

Both Stories Concentrate on How People Appear To Others. Discuss The Way Each Writer Uses Comic Elements To Achieve A Serious Effect.

Both "The Purple Pileus" and "Mrs. Turner Cutting the grass" have many similarities, of which the most significant is the way both stories are concerned about how other people judge the appearances and values of the central characters. However, the authors differ, with regard to how they go about illustrating this theme to the reader. Carol Shield invites us to observe the process of pre-judgemental thoughts; she uses comedy to allow the reader to deride Mrs Turner's character, yet with a subtle twist, suggests that it is human nature to make snap judgments and possess negative prejudices about other people, but it's wrong. The devices she uses to achieve this are built within us; she manipulates our thought-process using subtle, light-hearted humour to make us form a negative view of Mrs Tuner, but then she exposes Mrs. Turner's history to us and that same comedy just doesn't seem funny anymore. For example, she provokes the other characters, such as The Sascher's and the