but deep down she really wants to marry Tony Kytes but because her father does not approve she can’t, she cannot disobey her fathers wishes. Plus the women were unequal to men.
In ‘Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver’ the women all see him as the ultimate prize. This is because women in the 19th century wanted to be married. This was their one goal in goal in life. For example Milly agrees to marry Tony even though he has just asked two other women to marry him, right in front of her.
‘If you like, Tony. You didn’t really mean what you said to them’
This quote proves that the women in the 19th century were gullible and subservient.
In Tickets Please Annie is a strong dominant and bossy character. She doesn’t let John Thomas order her around or get control of her. This is because she is inflexible and firm character and she does not need a man to treat her with no respect in her life. Whilst John Thomas was flirting with other girls who work on the trams, Annie was getting on with her life; but eventually due to John Thomas unique charm Annie gave in. She fell in love with him and she thought that she was different to the other women but she was discarded like so many other women before her.
‘Annie, however was something of a tarter and her sharp tongue had kept John Thomas at arms length for many months’
This quote proves that even though she was attracted to John Thomas she had it in her not to give into temptation. This tells us that she has her own prerogative and doesn’t so whatever one else does. She is very independent. Even though she gives in at the end it is because he makes her feel loved, she still keeps him in line.
In ‘Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver’ the relationship between the women are un-united. This is because they are against each other. These women are arguing and fighting over a man who teats them badly.
‘Don’t you be too sure’ says unity ‘he going to have Hannah, and not you, nor me either, I could hear that’
This tells me that the women are against each other, because they are willing to show no respect for one another, but they are willing to show it to a man who is scum. These women are subservient and can get easily manipulated by Tony Kytes.
Women in ‘Tickets Please’ are more united when they have had enough of John Thomas. They decide to get a final answer out of him about who he wants to be with. Women during the war were early feminists because they have more control over men and there roles. They do not get bossed about by men as much.
‘Nay, you’ve got to make your pick’ said Muriel.
This tells me that the women are fed up of the way that John Thomas is treating them. The women are fearless. The women know that John Thomas is a sexual predator and they want that to change. So the women pounce on John Thomas and force him to choose against his liberation.
Tony Kytes is a visual person. He is ‘out of mind, out of sight’ approach to women instead of ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’.
‘All three are in that wagon and what to do with ‘em I know no more that dead! The best plan is, as I’m thinking, to peak out loud and plain to one of ‘em before the rest, and that will settle it; not but what twill cause ‘em to kick up a bit of a miff, for certain’.
This tells me that Tony Kytes cannot make up his mind. He wants all three women and has promised himself to each of them. He is more worried about what one to choose then what happens when they find out what he has done.
At the end of ‘Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver’ the women are furious and upset when they see each other. All they wanted to do is get married to Tony Kytes but due to everyone’s different reasons they can’t. Milly on the other hand agrees to marry him. This is because after Tony Kytes lie's to them all saying I will marry you. He has made them all believe that he wants them and not the other women.
‘When Tony came up, frightened and breathless, he was relieved enough to see that neither of his darlings was hurt, beyond a few scratches from the brambles of the hedge. But he was rather alarmed when he heard how they were going on at one another’.
At the end of ‘Tickets Please’ the women are forcing John Thomas to choose so they are more united. This is because they are joint as a team and are sick of him always using them like pieces of meat, so they take matters into there own hands.
‘Come on, John Thomas! Come on! choose! says Annie.
His tells them that the women were out for retribution on John Thomas, so they are more united then the women in ‘Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver’ because they are not bickering with each other they are trying to come to a sensible conclusion. When John Thomas chooses Annie she is shell shocked but glad because secretly she wanted him to, but all of the other women are having mixed emotions. They like the fact that he has chosen but deep down they are upset because they didn’t get chosen because they all secretly wanted him.
‘Nobody’ they answered, yet each of them waited for him to look at her, hoped he would look at her’.
This quote proves that the women wanted John Thomas but didn’t have the will power to stand alone and say ‘I want to be with you forget these other girls’. This proves that the women in ‘Tickets Please’ were combined in putting a stop to John Thomas being a womanizer.
Some words used to describe the women in ‘Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver’ are vulnerable, exposed, susceptible, inferior and subordinate. This is because the women are not amalgamated, they are against each other. They do not realize that this man is not worth them hassling over or there time.
Some words used to describe Annie in ‘Tickets Please’ are bossy, independent, firm and has her own prerogative. This tells me that Annie doesn’t let anyone take advantage of her or use her. Also she has her own life and even though John Thomas chooses her she doesn’t really need a man in her life.
In conclusion both stories were written by men so this has an influence on how they men came off, because they could be favoring the men or against them. I think that ‘Tickets please’ was the better of the two because I liked Annie. This is because she is more independent. She also doesn’t take anything from anyone; she sees the glass half full and is not pessimistic. She doesn’t see things through rose colored glasses. Annie has two sides, a bossy and dominates side and a sun and loveable side. She has the strength to carry on no matter what happens and I respect her for this.
