Feeling Sympathy for Gertrude and Rhoda in The Withered Arm, by Thomas

Feeling kindliness for Gertrude and Rhoda in The Withered Arm, by Thomas venturousThe Withered artillery is typical of Hardys novellas, as it is a tragedy.It involves two main characters, Rhoda and Gertrude. Rhoda andGertrude both beget their own different problems that the must face.Rhoda and Gertrude become friends after they first meet. Rhoda had an cocksucker kidskin to farmer society who marries Gertrude. Before Rhodaand Gertrude meet Rhoda does non go through what Gertrude is like so isbitter about the idea of her marrying farmer lodge who hardy hintsRhoda is still in love with.Rhoda is described to be emeritus before her age and kit and boodle as a milkmaid.She receives no suffice in the upbringing of the boy she had with farmerlodge so she works hard to care for him. The other(a) milkmaids blitherabout her and they start to talk about the subject of farmer lodgesnew wife. This part makes you sapidity nearly sympathy for Rhoda as she isbeing talked about when sh e is still there. Because of the times Rhodawas not at on the whole respected for bringing up a child on her own barelyinstead she was treated as a social outcast. No one seemed to blamefarmer beau monde for what had happened. The other milkmaids will approximatenothing of talking about her business when she is there. This makesyou feel sympathy for Rhoda because in this day and age the fartherwould be compel to help at least(prenominal) financially with the upbringing ofhis tidings and Rhoda would be respected for her hard work in bringing upa child on her own.Rhoda is curious about the new wife and sends her son of to check herout, as it would be. She wants to know what his new wife is like.Hardy gives the impression that Rhoda is jealous of the new wife or aleast angry that he is taking a new... ...ge says that he isaway on holiday. You feel sorry at her desperation as she is onlydoing this so farmer lodge will like her for her physical beauty butshe does not seem to mind .The body that she touches happens to be Rhodas son and farmer Lodgeis with her. You feel sorry for both the women equally as much at theend of the story but for different reasons. Rhoda has had her wholelife taken away from her however little it was and Gertrude has nowdied as a guide of trying to improve her physical beauty.In conclusion I think that you can not feel more sympathy towardseither charr as they are both in the same boat and it is because ofeach other that they had so much grief and hardship. If they hadnether met or had anything to do with each other then they would nothave been like they were. It was all a matter of situation andcircumstances.