The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy and The Darkness out...

Explore the themes of justace and things not being as they seem in The three Strangers by Thomas Hardy and The Darkness out there by Penelope Lively Explore the themes of injustice and things not being as they seem in The Three Strangers (Thomas Hardy) and The Darkness out There (Penelope Lively) The Three Strangers is a pre 20th century story that was written in 1883 but set in 1820. The Darkness Out There was written in 1970. From the titles of the stories we assume they would be a mystery or horror story. We think this because the word darkness is used and this gives you the idea that it is a horror. The Three Strangers makes it seem mysterious, because they are people you dont know and there are three of†¦show more content†¦In The Darkness Out There we assume it is set in the 1960s because the story is telling the tale of an old lady Mrs Rutter, who is talking about her past (about 25years before) and there is the German pilot that had been shot down. The story is set around a wood called Packers End, but it is also set around a cottage that lies next to Packers End. The only other similarity in the two stories is that they are both set around a cottage otherwise there seem to be no other similarities between the stories. The writers have chosen these settings because they have a dark and mysterious feel to them, even though in The Darkness Out There it starts with Sandra, the girl in it, walking on a hot day through a field with flowers around her and the wind blowing in her hair, but then she gets to the wood and immediately it becomes more of a spooky setting. In The Three Strangers you can see straight away that the setting is mysterious because it is misty rainy and windy and these combined give the feeling of an eerie setting. In both stories there is a character that is introduced that seems to be one thing but then turns out to be another. Sandra in The Three Strangers seems to be the nice character as she goes to the Good Neighbours Club and she seems generally a nice person, but then we find out that Sandra was only going to the Good Neighbours Club because her friends were doing it and she said its was kind of a trend. When