Omnicient Narrator Flashcards
Why does Hardy offer detached views in chapter 6, after Tess is raped?
As an implication that otherwise the situation would be too palpable for victorians
How does the omniscient narrator use biblical references in chapter 6 when she is in the company of Alec, to critisise/mock religion and allude to her fate?
He asks, ‘where was tess’ guardian Angel?’
At the end of phase one, what does the omniscient narrator narrator do to the audience?
He says ‘an immeasurable social chasm’, making the audience question problems with rape in society
Key quote by Tess (on behalf of the omniscient narrator) on the moral ideals in phase the 2nd?
She says there is a cloud of ‘moral hobgoblins’, meaning that moral ideals in society are out of touch with the world
In phase the 3rd, what does Hardy say regarding women in nature?
He says the ‘forces and forms of outdoor nature retain in their souls far more of the Pagan Fantasy…than of systemised religion’, meaning he thinks women in nature (Tess) a tune more to the pagan family
In phase the 3rd, how do Hardy and Angel align?
Neither appear overly loving of the church itself and instead ‘loves 5e church as one loves a parent’
At the end of phase the third, how does hardy encourage the reader to view Tess?
As perfect, despite her ‘imperfections’
How does Hardy critique, Angel’s brothers and the influence society has on them?
He describes them as ‘models’ who are ‘turned out by the lathe of systematic tuition’
In phase the fourth, how does Hardy use dramatic irony to display Tess as pure?
Angel says she is the ‘most honest, spotless creature’, which is ironic because she is not a virgin, hence not pure to Victorians
In phase the fourth, what does hardy say to produce Tess as the perfect wife?
He described her devotion as ‘single-mindedness, meekness, honesty, endurance’
