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The two stories ‘The Withered Arm’ and ‘Stench of Kerosene’ is set in different cultures and at different times which have some similarities. ‘Withered Arm’ was written by a man called Thomas Hardy in 1888, and is set in Wessex, England. While ‘Stench of Kerosene’ was written nearly 100 years later in the 1950s by […]

The Poems Hawk Roosting and The Windhover are both about birds as their titles already suggest. Even though tey are of the same subject they have many differences and contrasts. One tells us about a bird who thinks allot of himself and is almost some kind of a show off. In the other hand, The […]

“Tony Kytes the Arch Deceiver” is a short story and was written Thomas Hardy. It is set in the 1890’s in the Victorian era. The poem “The Seduction” was written by Eileen McAuley and set in the 1980’s in Birkenhead. Thomas Hardy’s story and Eileen McAuley’s poem are similar in theme because of both texts […]

My first impression of this poem when I look at it is that it tends to drawl on. Usually Hardy poems are short and to the point but this one seems to be an exception. As I begin to read the poem it becomes apparent that a strong message is trying to be put into […]

This is the question both the authors are asking the reader in their stories. In connection with this the two authors are also trying to find out if peoples emotions and attitudes can effect and influence relationships whether it is their own or another persons. In Hardy’s story, “The Withered Arm”, he focuses on the […]

It is immediately visible from reading, ‘Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver’ that he is very popular with all the women in rural Wessex. It becomes more and more apparent throughout the story that his susceptibility to the opposite sex, and in addition to their flirtatious nature’s that he cannot resist their feminine charms and he finds […]

This essay intends to compare and contrast two stories: ‘The Withered Arm’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘Indian Camp’ by Ernest Hemingway. The focus will primarily be on the structure and language of both novels. ‘The Withered Arm’ was written in 1888, while ‘Indian Camp’ is a post twentieth-century work from 1946. Both stories revolve around […]

The poets Ted Hughes and Dylan Thomas both explore the beauty of the natural world and at the same time the cruelty and violence contained in it. This is apparent in Hughes’s poem ‘Pike’. Pike, Three inches long, perfect Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold. Hughes uses the opening two lines of the […]

The short story “Tony Kytes The Arch-Deceiver” was written by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) in the late 19th century. Besides being a prolific poet and novelist, Hardy was well-known for his short stories. The plot takes place in Upper Long Puddle, Dorset, a town located in southern England. It explores the intricate relationships between the main […]

Advertising has several ways of getting into people’s mind, such as ads in newspapers, magazines and TV. The ads in magazines can be very different in their appearance and their appeals to the consumer, but if we put together three products of the same kind, we will see that the objectives of each of the […]

Thomas Hardy, who was born on June 2nd, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton, passed away on January 11th, 1928, at Max Gate, his residence situated on the outskirts of Dorchester. Despite expressing to a friend that he would have solely pursued poetry if it had guaranteed him a livelihood, Hardy is famously recognized as the author […]

Thomas Hardy’s short story, ‘the withered arm’, written in the late nineteenth century is ver different from Dear Nobody in that it talks about the same issues, but how these issues are dealt with – and what problems arise from them, differently. The Withered arm is about a lady called Rhoda Brook, who is considered […]

The story “Deceiver” is a humorous account of Tony’s trip back from the market in his wagon. During the journey, he meets Unity, a woman he had been intimate with before getting engaged to someone else. She requests him for a ride home, and Tony obliges by saying, “You don’t suppose I could refuse ‘ee, […]

Women’s role in society now, is very different to how it used to be, mainly due to the suffrage movement. In the nineteenth century women couldn’t vote, were not considered equal to men, and also couldn’t even earn a living. Most of the time men would look down at women as they were seen as […]

In this essay I will compare The Going, Beeny Cliff, The Voice and Your Last Drive by Thomas Hardy. I will discuss the ways in which he presents an image of his late wife Emma. The Going, like most of his poems about Emma, is written in the first person. Hardy is obviously speaking for […]

Ted Hughes’ poem, The Thought-Fox, uses a fox as an extended metaphor to represent his ideas and inspirations. Through a step-by-step description of the fox’s movements and actions, the poem gives insight into how it and other poems were written. The first stanza sets the scene in a mystical forest at midnight and introduces the […]

This poem is made up of three sections, each describing a different type of grief. This is why the title contains the word “grief’s” because, although it is grammatically incorrect, it is saying that there is more than one type of grief. Each section describes a different type of grief, national grief, personal grief and, […]

Written during the Victorian era, these two short stories share a common theme and setting in small village communities where news spreads quickly amongst tight-knit neighbors. Both tales delve into marriage during this period when views on matrimony differed greatly from contemporary perspectives. Examining historical societal norms, these stories captivate audiences today as well as […]

What we need to understand is that all is not perfect, however perfect it may seem in appearance. There is always a larger picture to what a person perceives, however well hidden the secrets lie; and the fact that in a married relationship, appearance means nothing at all. In a Victorian society, a lady betrothed […]

Writing a good short story is difficult. But Thomas Hardy succeeded in writing excellent short stories. He did this by carefully planning them in order to gain, sustain and satisfy the reader’s interest. I will now be looking at how he manages this in The Distracted Preacher and in The Withered Arm. After reading both […]

Shelley shows Ozymandias to have been a man who thought that he was indestructible, which also suggests the size of his eggo was enormous. The statue of Ozymandias is crumbling and has eroded away over time just like Ozymandias has, which shows he is not indestructible. Shelley shows Ozymandias as someone who fought he would […]

Hardy portrays women in various ways in The Withered Arm, reflecting the societal norms of early Victorian England. A woman’s beauty, family status, and breeding determined the wealth and power of her husband. The story is set in a rural English West Country area around 1850 when women had to endure rough working conditions and […]