Love and Class

Question 1

Paragraph 1
(TGG + TRM)
- Thomas Hardy

Answer 1

Social mobility and a rise / fall in social class closely affects the love of oneself and how a person perceives themselves.
TGG-
1) “Certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring he put on her finger”.
2) “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together”.
3) “He has lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream”.
TRM-
1) “And now you have gay bracelets and bright feathers three”.
2) “You used to call home-life a had-ridden dream, and you’d sigh and you’d sock”.
3) “‘O didn’t you know I’d been ruined?’ said she” (she has a mocking tone and is clearly happy in herself).

Question 2

Paragraph 2
(TGG + S116)
- Shakespeare

Answer 2

In TGG love is presented as something closely linked with gain and social class, HOWEVER this is contrasted by S116’s view that love transcends the human body.
TGG-
1) “The green light”
2) “It increased her value in his eyes”
3) “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay”
S116-
1) “Lov’s not times foole
2) “To the edge of doome”
3) “Let me not to the marriage of true mindes”.

Question 3

Paragraph 3
(TGG + TRM)
- Thomas Hardy

Answer 3

In both texts expression of love is used as a way of working class women gaining more status in society.
TGG-
1) “She carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can”
2) “The room rang with artifical laughter”, “then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh” (Myrtle is trying to be Daisy)
3) “He borrowed somebody’s best suit to get married in, and never even told me about it”
TRM-
1) “Your hands were like paws then […] and your little gloves fit as on any lady!”
2) My dear - a raw country girl, such as you be, cannot quite expect that. You ain’t ruined, said she”
3) “Some polish is gained with ones ruin”