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"The withered- arm and other Wessex tales' by Thomas Hardy

             "The withered- arm and other Wessex tales' by Thomas Hardy .
             How does Thomas Hardy portray his female characters in this collection of short stories?.
             Does he create them sympathetically?.
             Do they seem real? .
             Do you think he understands women? .
             Write about your idea and feelings about Hardy's female characters with evidence from the stories to support your response. .
             In the first short story the withered arm' there are two main characters are female, one of which is Rhoda Brooks.
             Hardy creates Rhoda sympathetically by telling the readers that many of the people lookdown, ignore and frown at her because she had borne' an illegitimate son to a local farmer. Another main factor that lots of the people dislike her is that the village people think she posses' special powers and performs witchcraft. When Hardy was young it was common that people were accused of practising witchcraft so Rhoda would have seemed real at this time. .
             Gertrude Lodge is the other main female character, She is married to Rhoda's ex-lover, the farmer. Hardy creates rivalry between the two women as Rhoda still has feelings for the farmer and wants his love back.
             The two girls are not friendly at the start of the story but gradually throughout the story they become friendly. I think this is because Rhoda wants to information about Gertrude so she could use it to hurt her in later life, as she still is jealous about Gertrude and the farmer. .
             One night Rhoda dreams that she is so mad and jealous over Gertrude and the farmer that she hurts Gertrude's arm. When Gertrude finds out it was Rhoda who hurt her arm she became angry and upset with Rhoda, consequently Rhoda and Gertrude dislike each other and go back to square one. Hardy again has shown signs of sympathy because Gertrude did not deserve to have her arm withered'.
             In the sons veto' again the main character is a female. Sophie Twycott was a young invalid lady'.


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1. THE SETTING AND SYMBOLS IN TH

Of all the Wessex's novels, however, this is the least typical. ... Unlike the other Wessex novels, the action does not revolve from place to place, but instead; everything is centered on the town, which characters leaving or entering Caseterbridge. as they are mentioned in the tale. ... Thomas Hardy said, in the novel, that, " character is fate." ... THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF THE CASTERBRIDGE By Thomas Hardy Macmillan and Co., Limited ST. ... Sobol, ken Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, Simon&Schuster, 1964 ...

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2. Far From The Madding crows, Thomas Hardy

Stephen had inquired about the possibility of a serialized story for the magazine, and Hardy replied that he had in mind "a pastoral tale which I thought of calling "Far from the Madding Crowd," in which the chief characters would be a woman-farmer, a shepherd, and a sergeant in the Dragoon Guards." ... As he did for most of the novels, Hardy made a final revision for Macmillan's 1912 Wessex Edition of the novels. ... Thomas Hardy used a Victorian interpretation of Aristotle in writing The Mayor of Casterbridge. ... Classical plot structure is linear, events happening one after the ...

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3. The Settings and Symbols in

Of all the Wessex's novels, however, this is the least typical. ... Unlike the other Wessex novels, the action does not revolve from place to place, but instead; everything is centered on the town, which characters leaving or entering Caseterbridge. as they are mentioned in the tale. ... Definitely, it would not at all surprising us that Hardy gives a perfect description of the Wessex countryside, the detailed accounts of the daily goings in Casterbridge, even the dialects of the natives. ... Thomas Hardy said, in the novel, that, " character is fate." ... THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MAYOR ...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
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4. Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1840. ... He left fiction writing for poetry, and published eight books of poetry, including Wessex Poems. ... Thomas Hardy died in 1928. ... Thomas Hardy wrote this poem in response to Horace Moule's suicide. ... Hardy had a lot of respect for him, and his death saddened Hardy tremendously. ...

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5. Comparison of two authors

In order to compare the literary styles of Dickens and Hardy I will use 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens and 'The Withering Arm' by Thomas Hardy. ... Also, In 'The Withered Arm', Rhoda dreamt that she had grabbed Gertrude's arm. ... The narrator of 'The Withered Arm' says Rhoda "did not reason on the freaks of coincidence." ... Hardy uses more dialogue in 'The Withered Arm' than Dickens does in 'The Signalman' as Hardy's story is much longer than Dickens'. ... Hardy's narrative style means that 'The Withered...

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6. She at His Funeral

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1840. ... He left fiction writing for poetry, and published eight books of poetry, including Wessex Poems. In his poetry Hardy captures human loss and sorrow. Hardy's poetry usually explores the negative outlook of fate against. ... Thomas Hardy died in 1928. ...

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7. The Tragic Consciousness of Hardy's

The Wessex girl Eustacia, the mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervills and stone-mason Jude, as described by Hardy, vibrate our heart with the profundity of tragic vision and intensity of tragic feeling. ... Hardy has his eyes on the cultural transform and people's inner world in Wessex, so the social tragedies in his works not only reveal the social phenomena, but also includes some complicated and deep cultural connotation. ... (Hardy, Thomas 357-358) Besides, we often detect the working of chance, which reinforces the inevitability of tragic catastrophe. ... Hardy, Thomas...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

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