Tony Kytes' the Arch Deceiver and Spiv in Love

Tony Kytes' the Arch Deceiver and Spiv in Love

The Arch Deceiver is set in the 1980's as well as Spiv in love. During

the 1980's men had all power, control and respect. Men controlled the

world and women. In these times women relied on men for survival. But

later on in the century women became more independent and worked and

could live for themselves without having to lean on the shoulder of a

man, due to this they also earned more respect from men. It was also

harder for men to win women's hearts, as women didn't feel it was a

must to be committed to someone. Women also began to have almost an

equal amount of power. This led to women's expectations rising.

Tony Kytes seems to fall in love with three different women and cannot

help himself. He is looking for commitment and marriage but cannot

decide what he is going to do about it. He cannot decide what woman to

go for. He has no morals or logic. He is a very sly and cunning young

man and a very good liar and knows that he has all the power but is

not quite in control of everything. He constantly lies throughout the

story; for example, 'You didn't really mean what you said to them'.

'Not a word of'. This is when he asked Milly to marry his last and

lied about his meaning what he said. His confrontations with each

woman results in putting him in a worse situation than what he was in

before as he lies to them all the time. Although he has bad attributes

he is also a loving man and does actually want commitment and marriage

but just deals with the situation in the wrong way.

The women in Tony Kytes know that the men are in control and they get

what they want. This is usual for them as their fathers own them and

will give them away if he wishes.

It is also recognisable that the women in Arch Deceiver want

commitment so badly that hey are prepared to go to any lengths for

commitment from a man. The women in Tony Kytes really love men. They

treat men very well and would do anything for commitment. They are

very truthful to the men and upfront about their feelings. They all

want courtship and would compete between themselves to achieve

commitment from the men.

On the other hand, they are not as good as it seems. The women are

hard to please, as they are always demanding for things such as

commitment and favours so on.