chapter 1 quotes

Question 1

A L B

Answer 1

“a little debased”
- how the parson describes the D’Urberville family’s appearance
- morally debased

Question 2

C Y W T T O H A T M F

Answer 2

“Chasten yourself with the thought of how are the mighty fallen”
- idea that even the “mighty” cannot escape their downfall
- downfall is inevitable

Question 3

I B P J D T H

Answer 3

“I be plain Jack Durbeyfield, the haggler”
- self aware, he knows he is ‘plain’ and there is nothing extravagant about him
- ironic in terms of his change in behaviour when he discovers his old heritage, begins calling himself sir John

Question 4

Y A E

Answer 4

“you are extinct”
- foreshadows death
- D’Urbervilles are extinct, the Durbeyfields may be in relation but in the end the prosperity and wealth died out with the D’urbervilles