Essay on Compare and contrast ‘Disgrace’ with Jude the...

J.M Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’ literates Lurie’s attempt and failure of the seduction of a school girl, Melanie. This is a campus novel about the first flirtation between a university lecturer and a student. The aptly named novel suggests the possible overall outcome of having a relationship with a student. ‘Disgrace’ is written from a third person in favour of the protagonist, David Lurie’s point of view. Lurie is someone who has achieved what he wanted to in life, academically but perhaps not romantically? Whereas, Melonie Issacs, his student has yet to fully experience university life to it’s full and to achieve her academic goals. This novel is written in present tense which gives a sense of ominicity. (I really want this to be a word,†¦show more content†¦Similarly to ‘Disgrace’, ‘Jude’ is a novel about a first flirtation. Jude is a young scholar, (like Melonie) who is determined to do well in his studies who has been disturbed from his ambitions by the country girls. These women’s crude sexuality is threatening Jude’s scholarship and ambitions. Arabella is very similar to the character of Moire in Brian Friel’s ‘Translations’ as they are both animalistic down to earth women. In contras t to ‘Disgrace’, ‘Jude’ has an omniscient narrator, giving us in site into all of the characters lives. This guides the reader to feel sympathetic towards Jude as the women are preying on him, also contrasting to ‘Disgrace’ as in that extract, the male is the perpetrator and the woman is prey. Jude doubts Arabella, but is however, curious of her. She holds him back from his ambition and deviates him from the ‘straight and narrow’, his relationship with Arabella progresses beyond this extract, but undoubtedly ends in heartbreak and unhappiness. This is also illuistrated by the initial throwing of the penis, the complete disreguard of the male sexual organ which has been thrown in his face causing a mockery. Lurie in ‘Disgrace’ uses poetic language forms and phrases with his attempt to lure Melanie into his seduction; he is fixated on her physical attributes stating that â€Å"a woman’s beauty does not belong to her alone†. This could be considered as an attempt to