chapter 4 quotes Flashcards
“M P I T S T T C K”
“My project is to send Tess to claim kin”
- said by Joan
- obsession with the idea of moving up social classes
- Joan plays an important role as it is her idea to send Tess away, where she meets her downfall, Alec
“B S T A B. L H T M”
“But she’s tractable at bottom. Leave her to me”
- said by Joan, replying to Jack saying “Tess is queer”
- idea of Tess being easily influenced and moulded to fit others benefits
- theme of fate and external forces controlling Tess’ life
“A B O.”
“A blighted one”
- Tess’ conversation with Abraham about what type of world they live in either one that is ‘splendid and sound’ or ‘blighted’
- Tess has a negative perception of the world
- theme of tragic circumstance, tess knows what she is born into and that it has brought her little luck in life so far
- doomed from the start
“S B S F F T S W T C D”
“she became splashed from face to skirt with the crimson drops”
- imagery of her white frock being marred and stained with blood represents the guilt she will feel which drives her into her downfall
“T A M D A M”
“Tis all my doing- all mine!”
- Tess’ fatal flaw is perhaps letting her emotions drive her, her guilt, linking to chapter 2 when she is described as a “mere vessel of emotion’
“R H I T L O A M”
“Regarded herself in the light of a murderess”
- extreme guilt, puts all the blame on herself
