A comparative study of the ways in which Richard Cameron and Thomas :: English Literature

A comparative study of the ways in which Richard Cameron and ThomasHardy apportion justice and sympathy towards the male characters.In Cant stand up for falling down Cameron is looking at theboundaries of drama and braking them, most of the play consists ofmonologues, we are told of events by the female characters ratherthen, as is traditional in theatre, being shown them. Cameron usesthis to normal an intimacy between the audience and the femalecharacters, allowing the audience to empathise with them, justifytheir actions and isolate the male characters. In billet to thisHardy, in the novel, uses his authorial voice to try and manipulatethe readers sympathies and sense of justice whereas Cameron, althoughhe tries to guide the audience, ultimately leaves them to decide upontheir own opinions.The way the writers describe their characters form the basis of howthey are perceived and influences whether the readers and audiencewant to bring them to justice or sympathise with them. Thom as Hardy isa very dramatic writer and conjures up scenes in the minds eye of hisreaders. In the novel Tess of the dUrbervilles Hardy describes Alecand Angels physical and personal characteristics making them morerounded characters and allowing the reader the ability to form thickeningemotions about them such as sympathy.Hardy uses the over spiritualised Angel to personify the average new1890s man. He rejects Christianity and embraces logic rather then thesensual. He therefore go prey to his emotions. He sees Tess as athing of beauty and idealises her, portraying in his mind andconvincing himself that she is a perfect goddess therefore he doesnot love her for who she really is.Angels character is presented as being gentle with Tess andinterested in her thoughts rather then just her looks, which is in ask contrast to Alec. whole we had heard about Tess previously fromthe other characters in the novel is that her fortune is in herface. but Tess wants to be accepted for herself and A ngel encouragesher without pushing her.You sir can deck out up dreams with your music and drive all such horridfancies away.Hardy shows this as Tesss belief about Angel as her saviour. Thisdescription is in direct comparison to Hardys original description ofit as dim and flattened showing that whilst Tess is easily pleasedby Angel, Hardy is not so this encourages the readers into Hardysown view.In Tess of the dUrbervilles Alec is presented as amoustache-curling, melodramatic, cardboard-cut-out villain. Hardy useshim to represent both the unjust differences between the treatment ofwomen and stereotyping of women in what was perceived to be an new