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

none Sympathy for Gertrude and Rhoda in The fall Arm, by Thomas HardyThe Withered arm is typical of Hardys novellas, as it is a tragedy.It involves two main characters, Rhoda and Gertrude. Rhoda andGertrude both have their own different problems that the must face.Rhoda and Gertrude become friends after they prototypical meet. Rhoda had anillegitimate child to granger lodge who marries Gertrude. Before Rhodaand Gertrude meet Rhoda does not know what Gertrude is corresponding so isbitter about the idea of her marrying granger lodge who hardy hintsRhoda is still in love with.Rhoda is described to be old before her age and works as a milkmaid.She receives no help in the upbringing of the boy she had with farmerlodge so she works hard to care for him. The other milkmaids talkabout her and they plump to talk about the subject of farmer lodgesnew wife. This part makes you happen some sympathy for Rhoda as she isbeing talked about when she is still there. Because of the times Rh odawas not at all respected for bringing up a child on her own butinstead she was treated as a social outcast. No one seemed to blamefarmer confront for what had happened. The other milkmaids will thinknothing of talking about her business enterprise when she is there. This makesyou feel sympathy for Rhoda because in this day and age the fartherwould be forced to help at least financially with the upbringing ofhis boy 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 is absent on holiday. You feel sorry at her desperation as she is justdoing this so farmer lodge will like her for her physical witness butshe does not seem to mind.The body that she touches happens to be Rhodas son and farmer L odgeis with her. You feel sorry for both the women equally as a great deal at theend of the story but for different reasons. Rhoda has had her whole invigoration taken away from her however little it was and Gertrude has nowdied as a result of trying to improve her physical beauty.In conclusion I think that you can not feel more sympathy towards all woman as they are both in the same sauceboat 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.