Compare the male characters in Tony Kytes the arch deceiver and Spiv
in love consider their personalities and their relationships with the
women in the stories. Refer to social, cultural and historical
contexts of the stories.
The sory of Tony Kytes arch deceiver was written by the author Thomas
Hardy who was born in 1840 meaning that this piece of writing is old
and aged and some of the language used can be linked with the timing
and nature of the author himself.
The story is set in rural Dorset and this fact can be backed up with
the language that is used with the Dorset dialect being highly
prominent. The story is about a character called Tony Kytes who is
highly favorable with the women and the main part of the story is
based around this. In the Tony Kytes story are six characters, the
four main ones being Tony and the three young ladies. The one we get
to know best of all is Tony. Through his conversation with the girls,
he reveals himself as being an indecisive, weak but well meaning
character. He finds it difficult to refuse any of the women including
Milly, Unity, and Hannah Jolliver, all of which are not very diverse
and all own the same feature of liking Tony Kytes. The setting of the
story in my opinion is not highly important as the same scenes could
have been set in a town or a city compared with the village, however
the period itself is vital because it is difficult to imagine such
naivety in women of today like the 3 female characters shown within
the arch deceiver. On the other hand Spiv in love is set in the East
end of London and the dialect differs from that of rural Dorset and
the terms used play an important role in the story. Relating to the
historical purpose of the story all women of this period were expected
to marry and there was little opportunity for them to work this then
meant the pressure was on the husband to find the income so the
females would find a husband using any cunning manipulation they could
think of. In the story it is difficult to determine who is more
manipulative weather it be Tony himself or the 3 girls because Tony
seems to be in less command of the situation compared to the girls who
are there waiting to be chosen.
The tone throughout Tony Kytes is highly humorous and Tony's antics
involving the women descend further into farce for example when the
story starts coming to a climax when all the girls find out about each
town was just a small hamlet the only protection from the sea was by a
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