Tony Kytes, The Arc-Deceiver by Thomas Hardy and Tickets, Please by D.H. Lawrence :: Hardy Kytes Tickets Lawrence Essays

Tony Kytes, The Arc-Deceiver by Thomas bald-faced and Tickets, transport by D.H. LawrenceIn this essay I will be addressing my views on the two short stories,Tony Kytes, The Arc-Deceiver by Thomas Hardy and Tickets, Pleaseby D.H.Lawrence. Tony Kytes, The Arch-Deceiver was written in 1894,pre-first world war. Tickets, Please was written in 1922-24, postfirst world war. I am going to discuss how what happened between theseyears has affected how the stories look at been told. During thistime-space a lot happened women became more main(a) and got thevote which was something they had been campaigning for many years.They were also more independent owing to the fact that during thefirst world war they had had to take mens jobs. So I am going alsogoing to sharpen how the books have shown this change in womensattitudes.In Tony Kytes,The Arch-Deceiver Tony is engaged to Milly. He is all mark off to join her when a girl called Hannah comes along and shows an pursuit in him. equivalent wise on his travels he meets a girl called Unity whoalso shows an interest in him. After a while Tony asks Hannah to marryhim but she turns him down, he also asks Unity to marry him but shealso turns down his proposal. At the end of the story he asks Milly ifshe will come back and marry him which she excepts and they getmarried.In Tickets, Please John Thomas a send out inspector takes advantageof the new female station conductors. He takes them for walks, precisely ifthey consent and providing that they are sufficiently attractive. Hemeets one, a Miss Annie, who he has liked for quite some time but shehas kept him at arms length. She then agrees to walk with him, hetakes her out to the fair. She then starts to show some intelligentinterest so he lets her go, just like all the others before her. Thewomen then decide that John needs to be punished for his actions. Theycorner him in a room where they ask him to prefer one of them tobecome his wife. He refuses so they beat him up ov er again and ask himagain to choose one of them to be his wife, again he refuses so theybeat him up again. They then ask him one finale time to choose one ofthem to become his wife, he chooses Miss Annie, who piercingly refuseshim, then all the girls refuse him and they let him get up an d leave.They then tidy them selves up and pretend that it had never happened.