formation includes their unique character as well as their upbringing. To begin with, Jane Austen introduces her villain through the guise of good looking and pleasurable, high-class mannerism:
             ... His appearance was greatly in his favour; he had all the best part of beauty, a fine countenance, a good figure, and very pleasing address. The introduction was followed up on his side by a happy readiness of conversation-a readiness at the same time perfectly correct and unassuming...
             Later, Austen confirms Wickham's nature through the letter of Darcy:
             ... My father was not only fond of this young man's society, whose manners were always engaging; he had also the highest opinion of him ... The vicious propensities-the want of principles, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend[the late Mr. Darcy], could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr. Darcy could not have...
             Such elaboration, though insignificant in itself, emphasises the consistency of George Wickham's character. He is, from his adolescence, of good and welcoming countenance and has potential to become deceptive.
             Thomas Hardy also employs narration in order to depict Alec Stoke-D'Urbervilles' consistency. He directly presents Alec as:
             ... He has an almost swarthy complexion, with full lips, badly moulded, though red and smooth, above which was a well-groomed black moustache with curled points, though his age could not be more than three- or four-twenty. Despite the touches of barbarism in his contours there was a singular force in the gentleman's face, and in his bold rolling eye...
             His manners are far less refined than Wickham's. Alec is boastful, contemptuous, and immorally playful (Hardy, 43- 46). Hardy, then, relates Alec's womanising experience to the character of Car Darch. The latter is...