Lit Analysis on the Son's Veto and the Withered Arm
Thomas Hardy concentrated on human relationships in his short stories, as this was his main area of interest. Hardy also had a keen interest on the supernatural such as aliens. In 1874,
Thomas Hardy got married to the love of his life, Emma Gifford, but after 38 years of marriage in 1912, Emma passed away sending Hardy into deep depression.
This is when Hardy’s short stories hit its prime. He went on a pilgrimage in 1914 to find out about life after Emma. Although, in the same year, he re-married to Florence Dugdale at the age of 74 and in 1928, he passed away.
All his poems are firmly grounded in Dorset life and folklore, particularly the short stories The Withered Arm and Tony Kytes: Arch deciever tony kytes:arch deciever
The story is about a man who is unsure about how he feels towards his fiancé. The attitude shown towards love by Tony shows that he is uncommitted.
Tony is unsure about his feelings for Milly; he is united with his former girlfriends Unity and Hannah. He then confuses himself about who he wants to marry.
He does not love the girls for their inner beauty but only for their physical appearance which is not counted as love this is shown by him saying "I never knowed you was so pretty before" .
Whereas milly's attitude shown towards love is strong and committed she feels that Tony is the perfect match and assumes that he feels the same.While this story is mainly intended to be humorous, there are certainly some features of the story that throw rather a striking light on the position of women in society at the time at which it is set. The most revealing aspect to a modern reader is the implications the story carries with regard to the relationship of the sexes and the social status of men and women. There is a prominent standing by which the males are the controllers, the ones with the initiative, and women simply meekly accept what is handed out, with
Thomas Hardy got married to the love of his life, Emma Gifford, but after 38 years of marriage in 1912, Emma passed away sending Hardy into deep depression.
This is when Hardy’s short stories hit its prime. He went on a pilgrimage in 1914 to find out about life after Emma. Although, in the same year, he re-married to Florence Dugdale at the age of 74 and in 1928, he passed away.
All his poems are firmly grounded in Dorset life and folklore, particularly the short stories The Withered Arm and Tony Kytes: Arch deciever tony kytes:arch deciever
The story is about a man who is unsure about how he feels towards his fiancé. The attitude shown towards love by Tony shows that he is uncommitted.
Tony is unsure about his feelings for Milly; he is united with his former girlfriends Unity and Hannah. He then confuses himself about who he wants to marry.
He does not love the girls for their inner beauty but only for their physical appearance which is not counted as love this is shown by him saying "I never knowed you was so pretty before" .
Whereas milly's attitude shown towards love is strong and committed she feels that Tony is the perfect match and assumes that he feels the same.While this story is mainly intended to be humorous, there are certainly some features of the story that throw rather a striking light on the position of women in society at the time at which it is set. The most revealing aspect to a modern reader is the implications the story carries with regard to the relationship of the sexes and the social status of men and women. There is a prominent standing by which the males are the controllers, the ones with the initiative, and women simply meekly accept what is handed out, with