Compare and Contrast “Tony Kytes” the Arch Deceiver By Thomas Hardy and “Tickets Please” By Dh Lawrence.

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Compare and Contrast "Tony Kytes" the arch deceiver by Thomas Hardy and "Tickets Please" by DH Lawrence.

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and died in 1928. DH Lawrence was born in 1885 and died in 1930. "Tony Kytes the arch deceiver" was written in 1894 and "Tickets Please was written in 1922. There is a 28 year gap between the two stories. In this essay I intend to examine this 28 year difference and to see what bigger difference it would have on the events that take place in the two stories.

"Tony Ktyes" is set in the countryside whereas "Tickets Please" is set in a urban world. It's described as the 'black industrial countryside' in the start. Both stories are set far apart and there are many differences between countryside and city. "Tony Kytes" is set in Wessex, south western England and has a Dorset influence. On the other hand "Tickets Please" is set in the Midlands in Nottinghamshire, from where the writer of the story DH Lawrence came from. In the city, it is bound to be more advanced and up-to-date. It can be radical and busy also. "Tony Kytes is set in the country, where it is more traditional and old-fashioned in their ways.

The two stories both have different variations in narrating. DH Lawrence is very descriptive and writes in a way that is omniscient. "Tony Kytes" has more dialogue than description. "Tony Kytes" begins with a anecdote, with the rest of the story in Cornish. Even some descriptions are written in Cornish.

"Tony Kytes" is almost all in dialect, a Dorset dialect. Some examples are "o't" meaning "of it", "ee" for "you" and "tis" meaning "it is". This makes it perfectly clear it is in dialect. Only dialogue in "Tickets Please" is in dialect. The dialect is in a Nottinghamshire accent. But the narrator does not speak in dialect. The narrating is in queen's English, or for it's proper name, received pronunciation. Some examples are: "ay" meaning "yes" and "tha" meaning "you" - these are examples found in a Nottinghamshire accent.
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This is what happened in "Tony Kytes". Tony comes from the market on Saturday. He is engaged to Milly Richards. Milly being a 'sweet, tender looking thing'. But first on top of a hill he sees Unity Sallet. Unity asks for a lift home on his wagon. Tony agreed. But Milly comes along. Tony asks Unity to cover herself under the tarpaulin until Milly has passed. Milly hops on to the wagon. But in the distance Tony sees Hannah Jolliver in her aunts house, leaning out of the window. Tony asks Milly to hide in the sacks. Hannah ...

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