Compare the relationship between 'Septimus Hodge' and 'Thomasina Coverly' in Tom Stoppar's Arcadia, and 'Jane Eyre' and 'Mr. Rochester' in Jane Eyre
Compare and contrast the Relationships between Thomasina Coverly and Septimus Hodge in 'Arcadia', with Jane Eyre and Mr.Rochester in 'Jane Eyre'?
Early reviews of Arcadia remarked that Tom Stoppard, had at long last found his heart; due to almost three decades of plays that some saw more as intellectual exercises than heartfelt drama. This success could perhaps be explained by his focus on relationships within Arcadia, in particular, the relationship between his two leading characters, Thomasina Coverly and Septimus Hodge. Their relationship changes throughout the play, from teacher/pupil, to friends, and then at the end of the play, they are portrayed as lovers; and in my opinion, this creates the greatest effect on the audience at the point of the discovery of Thomasina's death.
The plot of Jane Eyre follows the form of a Bildungsroman, In the novel, there are five distinct stages of development, each linked to a particular place: Jane’s childhood at Gateshead, her education at the Lowood School, her time as Adèle’s governess at Thornfield, her time with the Rivers family at Morton and at Marsh End (also called Moor House), and her reunion with and marriage to Rochester at Ferndean. From these experiences, Jane becomes the mature woman who narrates the novel retrospectively. The main relationship which affects the character of Jane is that of Mr.Rochester, and this relationship also changes throughout the novel, from Master/Governess, to companions, to lovers, to distrust and eventually to marriage.
Both novels focus on the relationship between their two main characters in order to present their ideas to the reader/audience and also to cause the greatest emotional effect.
In my opinion, there seems to be two sorts of knowledge in Arcadia: the knowledge of love and academic knowledge. These two types of knowledge are in constant conflict throughout the play, for example when Thomasina interrupts her lesson with Septimus by asking what carnal knowledge
Early reviews of Arcadia remarked that Tom Stoppard, had at long last found his heart; due to almost three decades of plays that some saw more as intellectual exercises than heartfelt drama. This success could perhaps be explained by his focus on relationships within Arcadia, in particular, the relationship between his two leading characters, Thomasina Coverly and Septimus Hodge. Their relationship changes throughout the play, from teacher/pupil, to friends, and then at the end of the play, they are portrayed as lovers; and in my opinion, this creates the greatest effect on the audience at the point of the discovery of Thomasina's death.
The plot of Jane Eyre follows the form of a Bildungsroman, In the novel, there are five distinct stages of development, each linked to a particular place: Jane’s childhood at Gateshead, her education at the Lowood School, her time as Adèle’s governess at Thornfield, her time with the Rivers family at Morton and at Marsh End (also called Moor House), and her reunion with and marriage to Rochester at Ferndean. From these experiences, Jane becomes the mature woman who narrates the novel retrospectively. The main relationship which affects the character of Jane is that of Mr.Rochester, and this relationship also changes throughout the novel, from Master/Governess, to companions, to lovers, to distrust and eventually to marriage.
Both novels focus on the relationship between their two main characters in order to present their ideas to the reader/audience and also to cause the greatest emotional effect.
In my opinion, there seems to be two sorts of knowledge in Arcadia: the knowledge of love and academic knowledge. These two types of knowledge are in constant conflict throughout the play, for example when Thomasina interrupts her lesson with Septimus by asking what carnal knowledge