Phase 1- The Maiden

Question 1

Don’t you really know, Durbeyfield, that you are the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of the d’Urbervilles … ?

Answer 1

Parson Tringham’s revelation of the family lineage is the start of everything that goes wrong for Tess Durbeyfield. Her father’s drinking to celebrate means Tess must take the hives to market, even though she has not slept. The ill-fated trip leads to the death of the horse, which leads to Tess’s parents sending her off in hopes of her marrying well or gaining money from the d’Urbervilles.
THEMES: Class, gender roles, fate

Question 2

…fields are never brown and the springs are never dry…

Answer 2

First description of Marlott
THEMES: Nature

Question 3

…mobile peony mouth…a mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience

Answer 3

Tess as represented by nature/innocence
THEMES: Nature, Innocence

Question 4

…each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in ~pg 14

Answer 4

PRIVACY OF THE SOUL DALLOWAY LINK

Question 5

Their souls expanded beyond their skins, spreading their personalities warmly through the room ~pg 25

Answer 5

PRIVACY OF THE SOUL DALLOWAY LINK

Question 6

…crimson drops…huge pool of blood…assuming the iridescence of coagulation; and when the sun rose a million prismatic hues were reflected ~pg 33

Answer 6

PRINCES DEATH
THEMES: Mortality/death, fate

Question 7

…red brick lodge…rich crimson colour…red geranium ~pg 37-44

Answer 7

Introduction to D’urberville House
THEMES: class/society

Question 8

…swarthy complexion, with full lips, badly moulded, though red and smooth…well groomed black moustache with curled points…~pg 37-44

Answer 8

Intro to Alec

Question 9

…he who was to be the blood red ray in the spectrum of her young life…she was doomed to be seen and marked and coveted that day by the wrong man

Answer 9

Narrative intervention!
THEMES: fate, gender roles/society

Question 10

…eyes staring at him…like…a wild animal

Answer 10

Cart ride to Trantridge
Motif of animals
THEMES: Nature/innocence, gender roles

Question 11

…owing to her inevitable dependence upon…him.

Answer 11

Dependence on men
THEMES: Gender roles/society

Question 12

…Tess’s moonlit person…white muslin figure…feminine tissue

Answer 12

Rape scene, compares Tess to an angelic figure
THEMES: class dominance, gender roles, innocence, nature

Question 13

Where was Tess’s guardian angel?

Answer 13

Ironic twist of fate, wordplay, as Tess’s option out was Angel Clare, and now she can’t recover from her misfortune of not loving Angel sooner
THEMES: fate, religion

Question 14

It was to be.

Answer 14

Rural fatalism