Comparing The Withered Arm and An Imaginative Woman :: comparison compare contrast essays

Comparing The Withered Arm and An Imaginative charr     I will be examining two novelettes by a single author, doubting Thomas brave. The Withered Arm and An Imaginative Woman. I will be highlighting the similarities and differences between them. Additionally I will be analyzing the content of each.   The prototypical thing we notice about the two stories is that they are both written in third person narrative.   Another thing we notice about the hyphen of writing in both is that it is very old fashioned, which tells us these novelettes must(prenominal) have been written some time in the 19th century. The main characters in both stories are women. In The Withered Arm Gertrude is the main character, and in An Imaginative Woman Ella is the main character.   The main themes in both stories are ordain and irony. This makes both stories very tragic, which intrigues the reader. This is why Thomas Hardy has chosen to write in this style.   Although the two stories are post around the same time, they are set in different regions. An Imaginative Woman is set in an urban environment and The Withered Arm is set in a more(prenominal) inelegant area. This shows us that Thomas Hardy does make variations in his writing.   Capital punishment plays a major part in The Withered Arm, as Gertrude must place her damaged arm on the neck of a hung criminal, to cure it.   The Withered Arm also shows a lot of differentiation between the kindly family linees. The reason why Farmer Lodge disowned his son is because Lodge was having an affair with Rhoda at the time, so he was bore of her. She is of a lower social class than he is so he doesnt want people to know he was involved with her.   There is much gender discrimination in An Imaginative Woman. People would have not been generally interested in poetry by a women, so Ella uses a male name for the author of her poems. This makes more people read her work.   Incomp atibility plays an important part in both stories, but more so in An Imaginative Woman. Thomas Hardy explains   Marchmill considered his wifes likes and fancies, those smallest greatest particulars that no common denominator could be applied.