Phase 3 - Key Quotes Flashcards
“Thyme-scented… May” - N
“Thyme-scented, bird-singing morning in May” - Narrator
“Two… years” - N
“Two silent reconstructive years” - Narrator
“She… landscape” - N
“She felt akin to the landscape” - Narrator
“her… entombed” - N
“her useless ancestors - lay entombed” - Narrator
“Milk… rankness” - N
“Milk and butter grew to rankness” - Narrator
“of… fly.” - N
“of no more consequence to the surroundings than that fly.” - Narrator
“She… future.” - N
“She appeared to feel that she really had laid a new foundation for her future.” - Narrator
“I’ve… times.” - C
“I’ve been told that it goes up into their horns at such times.” - Crick
“but… livery.” - N
“but this was all his local livery.” - Narrator
“What… is!” - A
“What a genuine daughter of Nature that milkmaid is!” - Angel
“Daughter… soil” - A
“Daughter of the soil” - Angel
“The… matured.” - N
“The seasons developed and matured.” - Narrator
“so… again.” - N
“so happy as she was now, possibly never would be so happy again.” - Narrator
“an… law.” - N
“an emotion thrust on them by cruel Nature’s law.” - Narrator
A quote describing the new season which represents Tess’s happiness.
“Thyme-scented, bird-singing morning in May” - Narrator
A quote reflecting how Tess has put her life back together after Alec and the death of Sorrow.
“Two silent reconstructive years” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess is a pure part of nature and at one with it wherever she goes.
“She felt akin to the landscape” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess’s ancestors and her past still haunt her despite everything, and that they have done her no good.
“her useless ancestors - lay entombed” - Narrator
A quote about the dairy farm which highlights pastoral ideas about rural life along with referencing Israel from the Bible.
“Milk and butter grew to rankness” - Narrator
A quote highlighting Tess’s insignificance in the wider world and her inability to do any harm to anyone.
“of no more consequence to the surroundings than that fly.” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess will be able to go on with her life as she believes she has recovered.
“She appeared to feel that she really had laid a new foundation for her future.” - Narrator
A quote addressing the superstition and ignorance of rural/pastoral workers.
“I’ve been told that it goes up into their horns at such times.” - Crick
A quote suggesting Angel does not fit in at the farm, despite wearing the same clothes as everyone else.
“but this was all his local livery.” - Narrator
A quote in which Angel both begins his interest in Tess and sets up his pastoral idyll of her as pure (which will eventually be broken apart).
“What a genuine daughter of Nature that milkmaid is!” - Angel
Another quote constructing Angel’s idyll of Tess and implying she is one with nature.
“Daughter of the soil” - Angel
A quote using seasons to symbolise the change in Tess and Angel’s relationship.
“The seasons developed and matured.” - Narrator
A quote which both evidences Tess being her happiest ever, but also foreshadowing something terrible will happen to change this.
“so happy as she was now, possibly never would be so happy again.” - Narrator
A quote describing the effect Angel has on the girls on the farm who are in love with him and how natural this attraction is.
“an emotion thrust on them by cruel Nature’s law.” - Narrator
