second best
Pekanova Natasha,3Aa
Second Best by D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. He was born in the mining village of Eastwood, near the city of Nottingham in central England. Lawrence was an unconventional man both in his lifestyle and his writings. He believed that people needed beauty to live, and he was extremely sensitive to all forms of beauty in nature. His best work reveals his love of life and living things, and his understanding of the relations between men and women. His work was not understood or fully appreciated in his lifetime. After his death, Lawrence’s reputation continued to grow. Several of his novels became very well known, particularly Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow and Lady Chartterley’s Lover.
The story that I have read is titled “Second Best”. In my opinion this story combines 3 types of setting: social setting, setting as an antagonist and setting as a mirror.
Social setting indicates the social environment in which a story takes place, in this story it is a countryside. And of course, we can prove that it is really a social setting with a help of class markers. For this story a class marker is a dialect, that the characters of the story speak.
Setting as an antagonist is also very important in this story. Frances is from the countryside, she grew up there and she tries to rebel against this stifling environment, she tries to flee. Her way out from this rotten place was to marry Jimmy Barrass but unfortunately he fell in love with another girl and forgot about Frances. Frances, in her turn, met Tom Smedley and decided to allure him. He will be by no means Second Best because her First Best was Jimmy. Ann, in her turn, also had feelings for Tom, she loved him and it caused a so-called concealed rivalry and spat between two sisters.
Setting as a mirror reflects a prevailing mood and reinforces the emotions felt by a character.
Second Best by D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. He was born in the mining village of Eastwood, near the city of Nottingham in central England. Lawrence was an unconventional man both in his lifestyle and his writings. He believed that people needed beauty to live, and he was extremely sensitive to all forms of beauty in nature. His best work reveals his love of life and living things, and his understanding of the relations between men and women. His work was not understood or fully appreciated in his lifetime. After his death, Lawrence’s reputation continued to grow. Several of his novels became very well known, particularly Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow and Lady Chartterley’s Lover.
The story that I have read is titled “Second Best”. In my opinion this story combines 3 types of setting: social setting, setting as an antagonist and setting as a mirror.
Social setting indicates the social environment in which a story takes place, in this story it is a countryside. And of course, we can prove that it is really a social setting with a help of class markers. For this story a class marker is a dialect, that the characters of the story speak.
Setting as an antagonist is also very important in this story. Frances is from the countryside, she grew up there and she tries to rebel against this stifling environment, she tries to flee. Her way out from this rotten place was to marry Jimmy Barrass but unfortunately he fell in love with another girl and forgot about Frances. Frances, in her turn, met Tom Smedley and decided to allure him. He will be by no means Second Best because her First Best was Jimmy. Ann, in her turn, also had feelings for Tom, she loved him and it caused a so-called concealed rivalry and spat between two sisters.
Setting as a mirror reflects a prevailing mood and reinforces the emotions felt by a character.