Injustice And Fate Flashcards
What quote from Ch.1 sums up the d’urbevilles family and what is its impact?
‘How are the mighty fallen’ - shows the family’s fall from grace whilst also potentially foreshadowing Alec and Tess’ relationship as he.thinks he is superior yet gets killed
What quote in Phase the 1st shows Angel’s guilt and what does it suggest?
‘his eyes lighted on Tess, whose own large orbs wore, to tell the truth, the faintest aspect of reproach’ - Angel uses idealistic language to describe Tess yet goes back to his brothers instead of dancing with her. This foreshadows future rejection. This therefore shows the strictness of societal ideals as angel wants to be progressive but isn’t
What quote shows Tess’ investable fate in Chapter 4?
She is described as a ‘blighted one’
What quote in phase the 1st shows the social injustice as Tess blames herself and what does this show?
‘She regarded herself in the light of a murderess’ - this directly foreshadows her killing Alec later on, and reinforces the idea of her having too much pride which is a fatal flaw of hers
What quote in Phase the 1st shows Tess’ inevitable fate?
‘She was doomed to be seen and coveted by the wrong man’
What quote in phase the 1st sets an idea up for the rest of the novel, highlighting both superstition and Tess’ fate?
‘An ill-omen - the first she had noticed that day’
What quote shows the inevitability of Tess’ fate coming from Alec raping her?
‘Gave her the kiss of mastery’
What quote from phase the 1st shows Tess’ fatal flaw as being her guilt and feeling of responsibility regarding the death of the family horse?
‘Tis all my doing, all mine’ - repetition of ‘all’ and the constant personal pronouns reaffirms this and it is a fatal flaw as it dictates some of her choices with the likes of Alec which impacts her relationship with angel
What key imagery foreshadows Alec’s future aggressive/forceful nature towards Tess and what is its significance?
‘In a slight distress she parted her lips and took it in’ - sexual reference which alludes to tess’ vulnerability and pins her as a tragic protagonist as she is in that position due to her own flaws
What is a key quote to show that Tess’ judgement is being impeded by guilt and what is its significance?
‘I killed the old horse, and I ought to get a new one’ - personal pronoun repetition confirms her guilt - which becomes a driving force in her fate as she is implying that she will have to earn money - she has to do this by being with Alec
What quote reintroduces the motif of red when Alec smokes and shows him sealing his own fate along with Tess’ as well because he is in control?
‘She looked round, and saw the red coal of a cigar’
How does hardy initially portray the d’urbevilles decline?
He shows Jack durbeyfield to be proud, like his ancestors, however the fact he is drunk, and has underlying health condition so the family’s ongoing decline is inevitable
What key quote shows Joan durbeyfield to be setting up Tess’ own fate and how does this contrast Tess?
‘I tried her fate in the fortune teller’ - this contrasts Tess as Joan uses Tess for her own economic gain, whereas tess’ responsibility is to help her family
What is the most prominent ill omen in the novel?
The cock-crowing when she marries angel
