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 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
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 happens in phase the 3rd when Angle and Tess meet again?
Tess finds ‘no sign of remembrance in him’ and Angel is presentd as somebody who likes to challenge what is expected, as it is said he didn’t go to university etc
What does the tale of Jack Dollop symbolise in phase the 3rd?
Serves to highlight tess’ over sensitivity to her own moral plight, further emphasisd by her reactions to the milkmaids whispering
What is a key quote at the end of ch.30 by Tess, after Angel infantilises her and Angel remembers seeing Tess from the dance before, and what is the significance of this?
Tess remind him that he ‘would not dance with me’ and hope that it’s of no ‘ill omen for us’, and the omen acting as a symbol of fate, along with past references foreshadows future rejection
In what chapter do Tess and Angel get married?
32
What does the D’urbeville coach represent?
It represents the heinous crimes of the D’urbevilles in the 16th/17th century in the back of the coach, and this foreshadows death
At the end of phase the fourth, on the day Tess gets married to Angel, what ill-omen appears?
The ill-omen of the ‘cock’ which ‘crew again’ and symbolises fate
In phase the first, what is a key quote showing that Alec infantilises Tess when ‘forcing’ her to eat the strawberries, and how does this relate to tragedy?
‘She obeyed like one in a dream’, Tess appears power,ess infront of Alec’s presence and his abi,its to force her to eat the strawberry foreshadows him being able to force more upon her
What is a key quote from phase the first saying that Tess is ‘doomed’ and why does Hardy use this language?
‘Such a coarse pattern as it should be doomed to receive’, this is tragic as Tess is a pure woman - doomed to recieve - not to accept, hence Hardy gets us to recognise that Alec is the villain, no Tess as he raped her and stole her purity
Towards the end of phase the fourth, where is key sinister imagery used when Tess makes her confession and what does the ‘necklace’ symbolise?
‘Each diamond on her neck gave a sinister wink like a toad’s’
In phase the sixth, what is a key quote that shows the alarming effect that Alec has over Tess and how does this portray Tess?
‘When she saw him again, ‘a fear came over her, paralysing her movement so that she neither retreated or advanced’, hints at her being paralysed when Alec is in her presence and her ongoing fear of him is reminant of their previous encounter which leads to Tess’ ultimate capitulation
