Examine the Presentation of Relationships in Three Short Stories by Thomas Hardy. The relationships in Tony Kytes "The Arch-Deceiver" are the relationship between Tony Kytes and three women, Milly Richards, Unity Sallet and Hannah Jolliver who are all of the same class and therefore know what can be expected of each other. Tony Kytes is introduced as a young, handsome man that every woman wants to be with. Thomas Hardy shows us that marriage was at that time a key to life for everyone, especially if they wanted to have children without thinking of being demeaned in society. Not all of the women in this story plan to continue their education, their minds are set on one thing which is marriage. Whereas in today's society, most people know that they will want to continue their education before even considering marriage. Since Tony Kytes may be the only available man in the village, all these women want to get married before it's too late. Tony Kytes is presented as a man who simply enjoys attention from women; he's not trying to hurt any of the women, he's just getting caught up in everything that's happening around him, and he's just trying to please all three women. Tony Kytes is engaged to Milly but yet he tells Hannah that it's not settled yet, he then promises Hannah that he will try to break off his engagement to Milly so that he can propose to Hannah instead, but in waiting, forgetting that Milly is hiding under the bags. I think Thomas Hardy represents Tony Kytes as a keen thinker: although Tony Kytes' actions lead to their embarrassment, none of the women are damaged aside from the few scratches Hannah receives. Thomas Hardy shows us what concern... .... middle of paper ...expensive. She responds by saying, "Well, I'm going to dinner myself in a little while." It's tater tots and cabbage, boiled with a little bacon. Would you like it? But I suppose it's the wrong kind, and you'd rather have bread and cheese? To Mrs. Chundle’s surprise, the priest responded by saying, “No, I’ll join you.” I think this may have been a surprise to Mrs. Chundle because she would have thought that it would not have lived up to the parish priests' expectations because all the food that Mrs. Chundle had to offer came from her garden and would not have been up to par. It didn't cost her half a cent in days to buy the few seeds she needed. Thomas Hardy considers the relationship between the two women and when they first meet and there is already a constant amount of jealousy and competition between them..