Dan Chorley
Comparison of the presentation of women in the stories by "The withered arm" by Thomas Hardy and "Tickets please" by D. H. Lawrence.
I am going to compare the story by Thomas Hardy, that was first published and set in the second half of the nineteenth century, with a story written by D. H. Lawrence which is set in the early twentieth century in the period of the first world war, to assess the different treatment of women at those times.
The main characters in Thomas Hardys book "The Withered Arm" are Farmer Lodge, Gertrude his wife and Rhoda Brook, the mother of a child to the farmer called Lodge.
Rhoda was once a beautiful young woman but has now, at the age of thirty, become a faded woman. Her ex-lover Farmer Lodge owns a big farm, which employs Rhoda and other women as milkmaids. Rhoda becomes jealous of farmer Lodges new wife, Gertrude, and in a dream imagines a horrible vision happening to Gertrude, which later comes true. Because of Gertrude's illness Farmer Lodge becomes a gloomy and silent man saddened by his wife's loss of beauty. To get back her beauty and her husbands love, Gertrude ignores her husband's wishes and hides her actions from him. Gertrude's secretive actions to cure her illness result in causing her death.
In the story "Tickets please" by D.H.Lawrence, which is set in the early twentieth century during the First World War, the main characters are Annie and John Thomas. Annie works with other women on the trams as a replacement for the men who have gone to war and the work makes her feel important and free. John Thomas is an inspector on the trams who flirts with the women workers and begins to "walk out" with Annie. When John Thomas leaves Annie she becomes jealous and plans to get revenge. When she does get revenge she feels as if she has lost.
Comparison of the presentation of women in the stories by "The withered arm" by Thomas Hardy and "Tickets please" by D. H. Lawrence.
I am going to compare the story by Thomas Hardy, that was first published and set in the second half of the nineteenth century, with a story written by D. H. Lawrence which is set in the early twentieth century in the period of the first world war, to assess the different treatment of women at those times.
The main characters in Thomas Hardys book "The Withered Arm" are Farmer Lodge, Gertrude his wife and Rhoda Brook, the mother of a child to the farmer called Lodge.
Rhoda was once a beautiful young woman but has now, at the age of thirty, become a faded woman. Her ex-lover Farmer Lodge owns a big farm, which employs Rhoda and other women as milkmaids. Rhoda becomes jealous of farmer Lodges new wife, Gertrude, and in a dream imagines a horrible vision happening to Gertrude, which later comes true. Because of Gertrude's illness Farmer Lodge becomes a gloomy and silent man saddened by his wife's loss of beauty. To get back her beauty and her husbands love, Gertrude ignores her husband's wishes and hides her actions from him. Gertrude's secretive actions to cure her illness result in causing her death.
In the story "Tickets please" by D.H.Lawrence, which is set in the early twentieth century during the First World War, the main characters are Annie and John Thomas. Annie works with other women on the trams as a replacement for the men who have gone to war and the work makes her feel important and free. John Thomas is an inspector on the trams who flirts with the women workers and begins to "walk out" with Annie. When John Thomas leaves Annie she becomes jealous and plans to get revenge. When she does get revenge she feels as if she has lost.
