These stories were all written pre-1914, show how the authors have exploited the position of women during that period and explore the social causes of women and their attitudes towards marriage.
These stories were all written pre-1914, show how the authors have exploited the position of women during that period and explore the social causes of women and their attitudes towards marriage (change title). Women were described, under the law as "legally incompetent and irresponsible." A married woman was entitled to no legal security in any matter, unless it was sponsored and approved by her husband. This meant that Victorian brides were stripped of all their property and personal wealth. All this wealth was then made possession of their husbands. The Victorian woman was her husband's slave. She was completely dependent upon him and subject to him. She had no right to sue for divorce or to have custody of her children, if the couple should separate. She could not make a will or keep her earnings. Her area of expertise was in the home as mother, homemaker and a devoted domestic. No greater shame took place in the Victorian woman's life than in the bedroom. The Victorian woman had no right to her own body, as she was not allowed to refuse conjugal duties. In Victorian marriage the husband was the family protector and representative. However, he who was expected to protect, often became the abuser in the bedroom. Elizabeth Gaskell is a very descriptive writer and very personal in her stories. In her story "Half Brothers", there was a lot of personal influence. This can be
Examine several pre 1914 short stories and comment upon how the authors deal with the subject of relationship between men and women? comment on about relationship will be 'Tony Kytes', 'Seeing a Beauty Queen Home' and 'News of the Engagement.'
Prose Study Examine several pre 1914 short stories and comment upon how the authors deal with the subject of relationship between men and women? For this prose study I will examine 3 short pre 1914 stories, the stories I will comment on about relationship will be 'Tony Kytes', 'Seeing a Beauty Queen Home' and 'News of the Engagement.' I will first start with Tony Kytes. In the story 'Tony Kytes', the relationship is very dramatic and confusing, as Tony does not know what girl he wants to be with. He has many life partners that consider him as loyal boyfriend and soon to be a husband. The author seems to describe Tony Kytes as a popular young man who is very passionate with girls, and can get their attention when ever, where ever. But Tony has a weakness, which is having to handle the girls that are attracted to him. He has no sense of controlling them after the incident in the wagon. In the story there are 3 girls that Tony seems to play on, the young ladies names are Milly, Unity and Hannah. The strongest and most passionate relationship Tony has is with Milly as she adores him more then anything and wants to be his wife, in those days that's what young women wanted, to become a loyal wife and a loving mother. Unity and Hannah also wanted to be his wife but at the end of the story they disagree with decision. Milly treats Tony like a god, she seems the
To what extent is 'Tony kytes the Arch Deceiver' by Thomas Hardy a Reflection of the Time in which it was written?
To what extent is 'Tony kytes the Arch Deceiver' by Thomas Hardy a Reflection of the Time in which it was written? Thomas hardy was born in the late 19th century in a village near Dorchester, the country town of Dorset. He lived in a tiny village with a population of no more than 50 people. It was quite acceptable in this era for children to be uneducated but Hardy was lucky and grew up with quite a good education by reading lots of 'good' books and he even taught himself Greek and Latin. Most of Thomas's novels and short stories were set around Dorset life. Through his stories he tries to bring alive the true Wessex life style by using dialect which only people in Wessex at the time would of understood, 'He loved' em in shoals'. By using this language he truly brings the story to life. During the Victorian period, there was a very rigid class system, and women were pictured as dainty and naïve creatures. The main theme of this anecdote is the importance and role of women in this era. The story is told by a narrator, who manages to entice the reader by using phrases like ' the very hill we will soon be going over.' The main character in the story is Tony kytes a young attractive man with a ' little, round, firm, tight face, with a seam here and there left by small pox, but not enough to hurt his looks in a woman's eye.' He is engaged to ' a nice, light, small, tender
A Comparsion of ‘At Castle Boterel' ByThomas Hardy and ‘Piano’ By D.H Lawrence.
A COMPARSION OF 'AT CASTLE BOTEREL BY THOMAS HARDY AND 'PIANO' BY D.H LAWRENCE The idea portrayed by 'At Castle Boterel' is very much to do with the speaker's memory of a love he once shared with a girl, or possibly his wife. The scene of the poem is set very casually, using simple language. This language, however, has many ways in which it can be interpreted. The speaker has reached a 'junction of lane and highway', with a junction being a point of choice. The speaker may have to choice of which way to drive but also the choice of which direction to take in his life; he could return to the past or go to the future. Hardy uses pathetic fallacy in order to convey different atmospheres. He uses 'drizzle [that] bedrenches the waggonette' to bring across the fact that the speaker is miserable and that the mood of the poem at this point is dismal. This atmosphere is used during the parts of the poem that are in the present tense and that involve the speaker in his present life. Later on in the poem, however, this poetic technique is once again used. Contrasting its previous use, Hardy creates a loving and warm atmosphere in 'dry March weather'. It becomes clear that the happy moments of the poem represent the speaker reminiscing of his love and what used to be. The first two stanzas involve the use of enjambment allow for the last sentence of the first stanza to continue into
Compare the two short stories Tickets Please written by D.H. Lawrence And Tony Kytes written by Thomas Hardy.
Compare the two short stories Tickets Please written by D.H. Lawrence And Tony Kytes written by Thomas Hardy. The two stories: Tickets Please and Tony Kytes show how the position of women and their acceptance in society changed in the short period of just 25 years. Both stories differ and also show similarities in many ways. In this essay I plan to put forward these differences and explain them in as best way as possible using both texts to compare and contrast. 'Tony Kytes, The Arch-Deceiver' was written by Thomas Hardy. Born in 1840, Hardy is most famous for his novels, poetry and short stories. 'Tony Kytes the Arch-Deceiver' relates back to his upbringing in the rural countryside. Hardy created a fictional place within it called Wessex. The story shows life in the rural community, the people being very relaxed in the way that they live. The women in the story did hardly any work other than working within their houses and on their farms. 'Tickets Please' written by D.H. Lawrence is another short story but written 25 years after 'Tony Kytes'. This story is also set in D.H Lawrence's home region of Nottinghamshire betraying a much more urban setting. This story shows a greater amount of independence in the life of women. The men are all away fighting in the war and the women have been left doing jobs previously thought only suitable for men. The story looks into the
The man he killed analysis. Through this poem, Hardy is expressing the human vs. social conflict. He shows the stupidity of the war as compared to the patriotic beliefs towards war of those at home
This poem is about a man who was in the war and is thinking about his memories in the war. This poem is written in first person, making us feel like it's somebody's own story. It's written in a conversational tone; with speech marks included making us feel that the narrator is addressing us personally in an informal way. The poem is written in chatty language because it detracts the readers from the horrors of the war. The narrator justifies about killing of another man in battle, and reflects on how much he and his victim had in common. This poem was written by Thomas Hardy who was incredibly pessimistic about the society. He was very disgruntled about humanity's place in the scheme of all things. Through this poem, he is trying to convey that there are no good reasons in fighting the war. In the first stanza the main two characters are introduced. The action has already taken place. The poet is therefore reflecting on the event. "Had he and I but met" - the use of word "but" gives a clue that this stanza is about an alternate situation that could've happened. The idea in first stanza is in contrast to that in the second stanza. The fact that they instead met as soldiers, confronted with each other, one had to die. "Ranged as infantry" suggests that the men were not natural enemies but were "ranged" to set against each other. Both "shot" each other, but the narrator
Explore - Hardy’s Elegies are Poems Recollected in Tranquillity.
Explore: Hardy's Elegies are Poems Recollected in Tranquillity. 'Poems are emotions recollected in tranquillity', these were the famous words of William Wordsworth and the basis for which I will centre my coursework . The death of Emma Gifford caught Thomas Hardy by surprise as the death of his wife was unexpected. This unfortunate event caused Hardy to go into a form of shock and despair which forced his mind to cast back to forty years before, when he first met Emma, and to all in love with her again. After a death people go through a number of emotional stages which are enigmas in themselves, this was quite bizarre in Hardy's case for the past number of years the couple had grown apart, they were both firm-footed individuals with their own ideals, opinions and views. Being a writer Hardy had some very unorthodox opinions, when he didn't mean what he said and he had a mind to express these ideas in public. Undoubtedly these were probably attempted to be suppressed by his embarrassed wife who was trying to keep up appearances in public who found it difficult to relate to a man that shuts himself up in his study and writes his novels and lyrics not speaking to her from one end of the morning to the evening. On the other side of the coin Hardy was becoming aware that Emma grew increasingly insane with every day that past, there was a streak of insanity that ran in her
How far do you agree with the view that Hardys poems are fundamentally about human error and failure?
Failure can be seen as the deterioration or decay of something with former strength, and has connotations of the underperformance of something great and expected. Human error, an extension of human nature, can be interpreted as the situation where humans are given control over a process, and after ignorance and poor decision making, errors can occur. There are many different viewpoints on the purpose of Hardy's poem, however it seems clear in The Convergence of the Twain and in his other poems, he focuses on human error and failure as defined above. Hardy highlights the Titanic's failure by contrasting its magnificent features to its dismal doom. The ship's positive aura of 'jewels in joy designed' is quickly negated as Hardy describes them lying 'lightless' on the seabed with 'their sparkles bleared and black and blind'. The connotations of its 'jewels' being the pinnacle of the Titanic's glory heightens the juxtaposition to the vivid image of them lying dead, with the 'sea-worm' crawling over the ship suggesting it is left there to rot. Hardy uses this contrast to criticise the failure of the Titanic, showing the reader how the great and "unsinkable ship" was left under the 'rhythmic' tides of the ocean. Hardy, however, goes further to blame the sinking on human ignorance as the even the 'dim moon-faced fishes' question 'what does this vaingloriousness down here?'. The way
Compare the male characters in 'Tony Kytes' the arch deceiver and Spiv in love consider their personalities and their relationships with the women in the stories. Refer to social, cultural and historical contexts of the stories.
Darren Preston September 2002 Compare the male characters in 'Tony Kytes' the arch deceiver and Spiv in love consider their personalities and their relationships with the women in the stories. Refer to social, cultural and historical contexts of the stories. The story of Tony Kytes arch deceiver was written by the author Thomas Hardy who was born in 1840 meaning that this piece of writing is old and aged and some of the language used can be linked with the timing and nature of the author himself. Thomas Hardy was about was writing in the mid 19th century, he describes life in that time, in a village in south west England we know that at this time children did not listen to their fathers advise we know this because Tony's father advises him to marry Milly so Tony put Milly at the bottom of the list. The story is set in rural Dorset and this fact can be backed up with the language that is used with the Dorset dialect being highly prominent. The story is about a character called Tony Kytes who is highly favorable with the women and the main part of the story is based around this. In the Tony Kytes story are six characters, the four main ones being Tony and the three young ladies. The one we get to know best of all is Tony. Through his conversation with the girls, he reveals himself as being an indecisive, weak but well
With references to the selection of short stories you have read, compare and contrast how relationships between men and women are explored
With references to the selection of short stories you have read, compare and contrast how relationships between men and women are explored The theme that connects all three short stories that we have looked at is marriage. In 'Tony Kytes the Arch - Deceiver by Thomas Hardy' we come across three very different women who are more than willing to unite themselves in marriage to 'Tony Kytes' the protagonist of this short story. Whereas in ' Jane Austen's, The Three Sisters' we find that the protagonist is a very strong willed woman named Mary Stanhope, and we gain knowledge of her developing relationship with Mr Watts. Austen shows in a series of very descriptive letters a woman's role and views on marriage, and the advantages of a woman in Mary's upper class, family marrying. On the other hand 'Elizabeth Gaskell's The Half-Brothers' concentrates on the marriage between William Preston, and the narrator's mother, Helen. This shows that if a woman in this time period had a poor economic status they could be forced into marriage to survive and in Helen's case to support her son, Gregory. The relationships between men and women are explored in each of the stories that we have read, and we have noticed how these are influenced by the time period of each story. In 'Hardy's, Tony Kytes the Arch - Deceiver' we come across many different kinds of women all of whom have one