Compare and Contrast ‘Teresa’s Wedding’ by William Trevor and ‘The Three Sisters’ by Jan Austen

In this essay, I will be comparing the both short stories Teresas Wedding written by William Trevor and The three sisters which was written by Jane Austen. Trevors narrative written in the 20th century is set in Ireland patch on the other hand Austens tosh was situated pre -twentieth century in the old 19th century England.Although both these stories are based upon wedding and how marriage is reflected within the look of the community it pile be speculated that from each one and only(a) author wants to ground the audition a different view blossom on what they think towards the concept of marriage and the original value of it. For example, William Trevor uses a close and occurrenceed description to create a sense of guinea pig and shade. This back be seen at the wedding reception at the patty in Teresas Wedding w here he talks just round the confettiit lay thickly on the remains of the wedding cake, on the surface of the bar and the piano, on the send back and o n the two small chairs that the lounge bar contained From expression at this we rotter immediately see that William Trevor is haltup in detail and makes the audience determine beneath the surface of the passage. The use of detail description makes the referee want to read on and as they read they are ingress new things from the text edition. William Trevor has cleverly made the audience read in detail as each thing he describes gets described in to a greater extent and more depth he is making us read on because we want to find out more slightly the wedding reception. moreover Trevors causas are also described in detail and get essential through and through the description. Loretta, one of the brides sisters is small and brown. This emphasises that Trevor is trying to tell us something. unalike Trevor, Jane Austen on the other hand does not describe every of her characters in depth. Instead Austen builds up a sense of character through her garner and dialogue. This is cl early portrayed in the character of bloody shame Stanhope when she talks about herself getting married.I am the happiest creature in the world, for I cook received an offer of marriage from Mr Watts. It is the head start time Jane Austen here engages and alerts the audiences battlefront as she uses a formal manner of tone and repeatedly uses set-back person narrative -I. The purpose of this is to make the author have the appearance _or_ semblance occult and makes the referee feel as though they are being intercommunicate to by someone that is not the writer. Also Jane Austen makes the audience aware that the character speaking is young as she writes it is my first time. Furthermore when Mary Stanhope is writing to Fanny she uses some youthful phrases such as I abominate him. The tone is personal and is directly addressing the reader as I, which in move around makes the reprove feel conversational. The fact that it is written in the first person, the text addresses the re ader as second person and therefore giving an learned tone. Another major difference between the two stories is that Teresas Wedding is a traditional story that creates tension and builds up to a intensifying climax opposed the the three sisters which is just a series of letters. As readers it is easy to expunge note that in the three sisters that Mary Stanhope is trying to get one over on her two sisters Georgiana and Sophia.It will be such a triumph to be married before Sophy, Georgina and the DuttonsFrom looking at the text above we as readers can see that to Mary Stanhope it is just about getting one over on her sisters and does not value the true meaning of love. To a certain extent we can say that she be give ways more like a child it is as if the character behind the eyes of her is just an innocent child who has not grown up yet. Jane Austen here is trying to show the audience that Mary still a fille in some sense who is still growing up.In admittance to this, Mary St anhope seems to be self centred, judgemental and very conscientious compared to her other sisters. She appears to be changing her mind a lot about Mr Watts I shun him and I am the happiest creature in the world. She is contradicting herself which can also show that she is very judgemental and juvenile. The text and the different moods that Jane Austen has applied to the character of Mary Stanhope is ingenious in some way as she creates learning ability as we read on. In other words she has very cleverly secreted the irony of the humour within the passage itself, so as a result the reader has to unveil the irony as they read. Furthermore when we look at the attitudes of Mary we can see that the attitudes of women have changed these days. The fact that women these days are not concerned about their social status and being the first miss to marry in the family contrasts with the idea of Mary who is in turn looking for pride, status and independence Mary is very materialistic.In c ontrast to this, Teresas Wedding by William Trevor does not follow the idea of the eldest girl having to be the first girl to marry in the family as to being a triumph, except instead William Trevor wants to show his audience the true meaning of love and its value. notwithstanding though Teresa cheated on Artie, William Trevor show the reader that even in times of badness couples can make it through if the love for each other is strong seemly . The key moments in the story are when overprotect Hogan says about Artie and Teresa Isnt it great that God gave them life and when Artie asks Teresa Did cheat Doyle dumbfound you into the field From looking at these texts we can see the importance of the plot and tension because the story is about Artie and Teresa getting married and when flummox Hogan says that its great that God gave life to Artie and Teresa we can see the irony in contrast to Teresa cheating on Artie with Screw Doyle. The fact that Father Hogan tell what he had th at led up to a tense climax. From above William Trevor like Jane Austen have many similarities in their play as they both use irony. The usage of irony in Father Hogans case makes the audience understand that there is more to what is being said than the literal meaning of it.If we compare the different sentence structures each novelist uses we can see that Jane Austen in The Three Sisters tends to use a mixture of simple, compound, manifold and varied sentence structures. For example and during many points in letter 1 she uses a complex sentence structuresHe said he should come again tomorrow and take my final answer, so I look at I must get him while I can. The usage of endless sentences sometimes explain difficult or tense situations, to suggest characters awe and also gives the passage a continuous flow to it and as a result makes the reader read on. Also when Jane Austen employs a simple sentence when Mary believes that she should have Mr Watts I believe that I should hav e him it creates a sense of excitement and makes the reader read faster.Overall if we look at both stories it is possible to compare and contrast many aspects of these stories. The fact that both the stories differ it reflects the authors differing concerns. Jane Austen is primarily seeking to address to the audience that Love and ordering as it stands today have hardly any resemblance of any sort in relation with her story. Where Mary Stanhope says that Mr Watts has a large fortune exactly she cannot stand him and he is very healthy reflects what the women of today want They want husbands in sickness and in health and value their love not take them for granted. In contrast to this, William Trevor his trying to show his audience that love can be salvaged if the bond and care between the couple is strong enoughShe felt that she and Artie might make some kind of marriage in concert because there was nothing that could be destroyed, no magic We can see that through William Trevors e yes he thinks that if love is such a powerful instalment then it can withstand anything, even deceit. I think that although Jane Austen and William Trevor have different ideas towards love and society they have both accomplished their aims as they present these ideas to audience which makes them understand. For example, the irony both authors employ towards love make the reader unveil the humour which is hidden or secreted within the passages and it is this mother fucker which makes the reader appreciate the true meaning of love and its value.Also in The Three sisters Jane Austen purposely uses first person repeatedly to make the tone of the language and text seem personal, and therefore make the text conversational and make the audience more involved it draws them into the world of the story. Also the I makes it seem as though the character is talking directly to the audience and so attracts their attention. Furthermore I think William Trevor has produced such a good story as he likes following the character very closing and explains them in detail and therefore allows the reader to pay close attention to what is firing on.