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Comparison between 'Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver' by Thomas Hardy and 'Turned' by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe first story, 'Tony Kytes, the Arch Deceiver', by Thomas Hardy, is a pre 19th century piece of literature. The story features Mr. Tony Kytes, a young, eligible and attractive gentleman. Who has, after a long string of relationships and attractions to various women of his town, has decided to settle down, and is currently engaged to Milly Richards. However, he has a reputation for being a bit of a ladies man, and his promiscuous past has left him with rather a large group of female admirers, to which he is not completely detached from. The story opens with Tony Kytes driving along in his wagon one Saturday, and he happens to come across Unity Sallet, a young woman to whom he was previously involved with. Unity approaches him, asking for a lift, this proposal leaves him in quite a quandary, which gives the reader the first sign of the etiquette and customs of that time, and how they differ from our own in the present day. His problem was weather or not to give Unity a lift, now, to us in present day, the obvious choice would of course be to offer the lady a lift. However, in the times when this story was written, it
Through these varying storylines, and the way the women reacted to situations it becomes very clear as to the roles of women in the 19th and 20th century. Who is clearly described as 'innocent and docile' so the readers can clearly see that none of this is Gertas' fault, and that she was an easy target for Mr. Finally, in keeping with the general theme of the story, they approach Hannah Jolliver, another woman Tony had previously been involved with. Marroner would have not acted the way she did, and perhaps she would have stayed with her husband, to avoid scandal, and because that was the way things were done back then. Again, talk turns to their previous relationship, Hannah beings asking awkward questions, about things Tony does not wish to discuss within earshot of the two other women concealed in the wagon. It was through the interception of one of these letters that Mrs. Women in the 19th century 'required' a man to support them, they did not go out and make lives of their own, they were often chained to men for support, even if the men were like Tony Kytes. This is very revealing about the character of the other two women and that of his fiance, is shows how the other two women are much stronger and prouder than his fiance, which could also been seen as an indication to Tony character, as he chose to marry a weak women who was easy to push around. Marroner, and their young maid, Gerta. He seems to think that by sending a small amount of money, he has played his part, settled up with the girl, and also helped her out. However, as they are just passing her, Hannah requests a lift, a wish that Tony eventually grants, and Hannah joins Tony in the wagon, and the continue down the road, all three women completely oblivious to the others presence. The $50 was also a very unrealistic sum. Marroner and Gerta move away to live by themselves, women would not have been able to do this, or rather, not felt able to do this in the 19th century. Likewise, as with Milly, I do not believe she would have acted the same way if she had been a woman from the 20th century, I believe she would have left Tony. Both the men in the stories played the women for fools, manipulating them and disregarding their feelings to their own ends.
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