The views of marriage in the two stories are both completely different, which plays a pivotal role in the stories later on, In Turned Mrs Marroner can leave Mr Marroner without being out being rejected by other men, whereas If Milly abandons Tony, she probably won’t find another man, which is why she has to stay with him.
When Tony Kytes the arch deceiver was written when women were not entitled to an education, and were excepted to be submissive to men, we know this as Milly was Tony’s last choice, she still went with him, whereas when Turned was written women had a lot more rights, they could be educated to a high standard as Mrs Marroner is. We know this as she has a “PhD” and had been on the “faculty of a college” and in other word she’s a highly educated woman who is stuck at home. As opposed to when Tony Kytes the arch deceiver was written, women weren’t entitled to an education. Also, when Turned was written, women could take control, as Mrs Marroner proves when she leaves him “I have gone”. Whereas when Tony Kytes the arch deceiver was written, Women had to be submissive, as Milly proves when she accepts Tony’s offer of marriage, even though she is blatantly the last choice “if you like Tony”. This is also proved when Tony’s father says, “ you should choose the woman who didn’t ask to ride with you”, which is saying that dominant women aren’t appreciated.
Both stories feature strong male characters, although they are both treated completely different. Tony Kytes is the main character of Hardy’s story “He was quite the women’s favourite”. Mr Marroner deceives his wife, yet he is not the main character, unlike Tony. This is interesting, as two similar characters separated by time and place should share similar disregard for women.
Mr Marroner and Tony are both very different people, Mr Marroner is a well-educated man, we know this as he’s “ travelling on business”, whereas Tony is an uneducated farmer.
It is interesting that the two male characters should be treated so differently. Tony cheats with three women but is forgiven; he doesn’t gain or lose anything, as opposed to Mr Marroner who loses both the women “I have gone, I will look after Gerta”. They have both cheated on women, but Tony has got away with it completely, this shows what a difference 150 years makes to peoples opinions.
The men are very devious, Mr Marroner appears to treat women well, like when he writes “long loving letters”, while really he’s very cunning and writing to both women. Whereas Tony has three women in his wagon, Milly “under the corn sacks”, unity “under the tarpaulin” and Hannah “riding up front”. This is a interesting comparison as it shows how different the outcome is.
Mr Maroner expects to get away with it, as opposed to Tony who knows he’s in a mess, and asks his father for advice. “The truth is father, I’ve got myself into a nunny watch”, he knows he’s going to get caught and is asking his father for advice, as opposed to Mr Marroner who thinks he can pull it off right under his wife’s nose.
Mrs Marroner is the wronged woman inn turned, she is a completely different person to Milly, who is the wronged women in Tony Kytes the arch deceiver. Mrs Marroner is a very strong willed women; she gets up and leaves “I have gone” as opposed to Milly who is very timid, and excepts what ever Tony says, “if you like Tony”, emphasising the fact that she obeys what ever he says. The two wronged women both have completely different personalities; Milly is taken advantage of, whereas anybody doesn’t push around Mrs Marroner.
Both women are quite gullible as Milly, she still agrees to marry Tony “as long as you don’t mean what you said to them”. Mrs Marroner is also quite gullible as she doesn’t know anything is going on, although this could be interpreted as being trusting.
When Mrs Marroner finds out she feels guilty and upset. She feels guilty and upset. She feels guilty because she can’t have a child. She also feels upset and betrayed at her husbands cheating, at first she blames Gerta, then she realises that it’s her husband, taking advantage of a young girl. The fact that her husband wrote her “long loving letters” makes it seem so much worse. This is part of the reason why she does the exact opposite of what Mr Marroner would of expected. She takes Gerta with her to start a new life without him.
The women who cheat with the men are both completely different, Gerta is a very beautiful girl, who is easily taken advantage of, “she is an ignorant child, with a Childs weakness” as opposed to Hannah and Unity who both know that there cheating with an engaged man. This shows that the women cheat on the men for different reasons.
The women are also similar as they all end up leaving the men, Gerta leaves with Mrs Marroner because she realises that what she did was wrong. Hannah leaves Tony because her father tells her too, Unity leaves because she doesn’t want to “take her leavings”.
Gerta is a 18 year old girl in a strange country by herself, she is a child trapped in a woman’s body, She is an “ignorant child”, who Mrs Marroner tries to teach. Mr Marroner takes advantage of Gerta very easily, as he is her boss, she could hardly refuse him. She is very submissive. She realises what she’s done as opposed to Unity and Hannah who both know there cheating with an “engaged man”. Hannah and Unity refuses to take Tony, but secretly wished he would ask them again, as opposed Gerta who realises what shes done and goes to live with Mrs Marroner, and is very thankful of it.
The Narrative of Tony Kytes the arch deceiver is a very simple structure, almost comical as opposed to Turned, which has a complicated narrative. It starts in the middle of the story, and is a serious story with a lot of descriptive language. It starts in the middle of the story with Mrs Marroner and Gerta crying, you learn that Gerta is pregnant “she wept for two”. From then on in it’s told chronologically. It is a very serious story about betrayal, and ends with a confrontation between Mr and Mrs Marroner, which is a very unusual, it makes the story seem as if it should continue “what have you to say to us”.
The structure of Tony Kytes the arch dedceiver, is very simple, it is told chronologically from a 2nd person perspective, in this case it’s a narrator who is in a cab “when we reach the top of the hill we should be going over in the next ten minutes”. The fact that its from 2nd person perspective allows the reader to become more involved with the story, as opposed to the third person view of turned which doesn’t involve the reader at all, but it does allow you to from an unbiased view of all the characters, and allows the use of more descriptive language. It is also a lot less personal and exposes all the characters. Turned is quite complicated as it starts with a flashback, which helps to establish the characters quickly, it then continues chronologically from then on.
