Writer Essays

In this assignment, I am going to discuss how Thomas Hardy makes the incredible events appear credible. To do this I will be examining: the historical contents of the story, with the language used, together with the way the story was structured and by the way that the characters relate to each other. I will […]

Both The Woman in Black and The Withered Arm are renowned works of modern literature that employ both similar and distinct techniques in presenting a supernatural narrative. As I assess these two books, I will examine elements such as pace, tension, description, structure, style, literary devices, and creative writing. Nevertheless, I will consider the fact […]

The other poem that we have been studying is called “The Voice” and it is about the death of Thomas Hardy’s wife, Emma. The marriage had come to an end and Emma had left Hardy. Later after the split Emma had become ill and she had died tragically. Thomas Hardy had felt remorse and sadness […]

Throughout the novel Elfride is viewed through the eyes of those around her Hardy uses them to put across his ideas on the nature of women, by making the thoughts, dialogues and descriptions, a representation to his thoughts and ideas. It is hard to distinguish whether his thoughts on Elfride represent Elfride’s character or the […]

Women’s reputations and their appearances were of paramount importance. A woman’s role during 1840 and after in society was to look very decorative towards men. In the tale “The Withered Arm” there is two main female characters Rhoda Brook and Gertrude Lodge and from the very beginning of this tale these two women are contrasted, […]

The three stories all have very social, historical and cultural impacts on the women of the time. “The Withered Arm”, is about a woman’s, struggle to cure her withered arm and the jealousy felt by Rhoda who had been used by the farmer in the past and had born his child. Gertrude’s fear of loosing […]

It is set in Wessex, a fictional representation of the south western counties of England, such as Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset, as this was where Hardy spent most of his life and to this area he gave the fictional name of ‘Wessex’. Wessex was the general name for which this particular part of England in […]

Sex is so intertwined in our society that it pervades each facet, including television, books, advertising, and conversation. Movies like The Matrix toss in gratuitous sex because the audience nearly expects it. Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge, therefore, is exceptional in its lack of sexual situations. The subject of sexual motivation and its inherent […]

“A short story should stimulate the imagination and hold its reader in suspense. ” Critically consider this statement with detailed reference to “Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver” by Thomas Hardy and “The Unexpected” by Kate Chopin This statement is ambiguous as a short story could not be filled with suspense but still be able to stimulate […]

Swindells and Hardy wrote their novels over a century apart, yet they both discuss their concern regarding the restrictions of social convention on natural humanity. The societies of the times in which the authors wrote have many contrasts, but both found it necessary to write about the conflict between social and natural law. Hardy was […]

Dover Beach was written by Matthew Arnold shorlty after a visit he and his wife made to the Dover region of southeastern England, the setting of the poem, in 1851. Same year, they were married. The main theme of his poem is “Challenges to the validity of long-standing theological and moral precepts have shaken the […]

Thomas Hardy expressed his inability to fully portray the significance of Tess to him, stating in reference to ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’, published in 1891, that it carried a subtitle ‘A Pure Woman’ amidst great controversy. Tess Durbeyfield, a girl born in the countryside, faces various challenges throughout her life in Hardy’s 14th novel. The […]

Tess is portrayed as extremely inexperienced at the start of the book. Although Tess is innocent and youthful, she must shoulder the burden of looking after her siblings due to her parents’ frequent absence. This results in assuming the position of a second mother instead of an older sibling. In the initial stage of the […]

This essay will examine Hardy’s investigation of the gender gap in society during the pre-World War I era by analyzing ‘Tony Kytes: Arch-deceiver’ and ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’, in comparison to D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Tickets Please’. The text discusses society’s treatment of women before and during WW1. Before the war, women of low social class worked […]

Thomas Hardy’s ‘’Tess of the D’Urbervilles: a pure woman’’, published in 1890, is a novel which roused much controversy and dissension as it disputed many of the principles and beliefs held by Victorian society. The unfolding events and the which run through the book parody and highlight the way in which the system and organisation […]

“Hello, down there!” – this simple and seemingly harmless greeting to the unknown person, who becomes involved in the complicated life of the signalman, is a phrase that is repeated multiple times in the story. However, throughout the story, Dickens changes the meaning of this line. At the beginning of the story, the way this […]

Thomas Hardy and DH Lawrence were both renowned writers of their time. Hardy was born in 1840 and passed away in 1928, while Lawrence was born in 1885 and died in 1930. “Tony Kytes the arch deceiver” was written by Hardy in 1894, and “Tickets Please” was written by Lawrence in 1922, creating a staggering […]

‘Tony Kytes The Arch Deceiver’ is set in the nineteenth century and is a Short story about lust and indecision. The story speaks of a country life in a small town, where everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. One man’s decision to marry a certain lady is the common knowledge of the whole town […]

Entry 1 – Today at work, I learned that my son’s father, Edward, will be returning home tomorrow with his new wife. The maids have been gossiping about her, describing her as having a ‘rosy cheeked, titsy-tosy little body’. I know they talk about me too and have asked my son to find out what […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]