In the story “Tony Kytes the Arch-Deceiver” the mood is light hearted, like Tony Kytes has done nothing wrong and it was all a funny story, “I shall never forget Tony face” this shows Thomas Hardy thinks its funny and in that it shows he just thinks that there is nothing wrong with what he did and it was just what he did he did just for a laugh. “tickets , please” is a darker gloomier story the town are described as a “cold little town” which means he thinks this story is gloomy and that the women are getting to much power and he does not like it he describes the women as “Tartar” which is a warrior and that is linked with power so this shows that women are getting more power.
In “Tony Kytes the Arch-Deceiver” the story is about Tony Kytes is getting married but his ex is waiting for him at the top of the hill she asked for a ride home so she gets in then he see his fiancé he asks his ex to hide in the back of the cart so his fiancé then gets in the front with him, when he goes down the hill he sees his first love Tony Kytes ask his fiancé to hide because he dose not want his first love causing trouble so she hinds in the front and his first love starts driving while he gets off to talk to his dad his dad says he should marry his fiancé but because Tony Kytes is a man and his dad had recommended her he didn’t want to marry her anymore but then the wagon crashes and all three women fell out and both the first love and his ex reused to marry him but his fiancé says she still will. In this story compares the women to animals “just a couple of ferrets” which shows he had little respect for them.
Tony Kytes is set in the country side rural and is in a friendly town and tickets please set in a town and in war time were women has to do men’s jobs because there at war which gives women more power they describe it as charming.
Tony Kytes is written in dialect and the narrator makes it sound like nothing is wrong they also describe the women as animals “ couple of ferrets” this imply that they think women are nothing more then objects and this make me think that the others feels this way. In tickets please there is also dialect and also compers the women to animals. Also in t.p they only calls John Thomas is a boy which imply men are getting lower status.
In Tony Kytes there’s lots of cheaters and they our all different such as Tony kytes has high status as Tony Kytes has the power to say no to his father where as Hannah Jollives Hannah as do go with what her father says such as “my daughter does not wish to marry him” which show she was to do what her father tells her to do.
In Tickets, please John Thomas is promiscuous he is just looking for a one night stand and nothing serous “he flirts with the girl conductors in the morning and walks out with them in the dark night” and the women have so much more power because women have the power now all the men are at war to say what they want to do or what they don’t want to do.
In conclusion I think that we can learn about how when things happen such as war could effects the role of women, I have also learnt that it depends on the time and place which makes the for women less or greater, this shows that women themselves have not changed in both stories the women are desperate to get married which shows it’s the time and place that changes the most in these two storys.