Essays Tagged: "Withered Arm"

Compare how characters in T.Hardy's "The Withered Arm" and J. Steinbeck's "of Mice & Men" are isolated and alienated.

A south-east England setting, in the 1800's, is the short story, 'The Withered Arm' by T.Hardy. This story involves four lives, where they all end up alienated and isolat ... the fact that no women or children are to be nearby seen, but one young lady, like the son in 'The Withered Arm', she has no name. A married woman referred to as a 'tart', who is seen as an object, a ... s wife from the book 'of Mice & Men'. Curley's wife, who has no name like Rhoda's son from 'The Withered Arm', is a lonely, married woman, a young woman where I guess that she is in her twenties, ...

(22 pages) 88 0 4.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

English Literature- GCSE Coursework Wide Reading- Comparing 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck and 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas hardy

y read a 20th century text ('Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck) and also a 19th century text ('The Withered Arm' by Thomas hardy) in order to compare the similarities and differences in the two texts ... differences in the two texts and the way in which the authors explore different themes.In both 'The Withered Arm' and 'Of Mice and Men' the themes of loneliness and dreams can be found. I have chosen ...

(10 pages) 58 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Short Stories

chosen to write a essay about three out of the possible four. 'The Monkeys Paw' by W.W Jacobs, 'The Withered Arm' By Hardy and 'The Signal Man' By Charles Dickens. Each of the stories is of mystery an ... uilds up tension and the mystery starts from the beginning and gradually builds up. However in 'The Withered Arm' the disappearance of Rhoda is very uncanny."In the spring she and her boy disappearedf ...

(4 pages) 70 2 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Coldness and Selfishness of Male Characters in Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm" and Anton Chekhov's "A Misfortune"

Coldness and Selfishness of Male Characters in Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm" and Anton Chekhov's "A Misfortune"Both of the stories have themes of selfishness and c ... ubyantsev, the male character of The Misfortune, is similar to Mr. Lodge, the male character of The Withered Arm. Each of them appears as a selfish and cold man at the beginning.The author does not in ... d tries to be kind with her although he is not attracted to her anymore.Mr. Lodge at the end of The Withered Arm is changed to better. After losing his son and his young wife, he becomes depressed and ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 May/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature