Phase 5- The Woman Pays Flashcards
(14 cards)
…you were one person; and now you are another…grotesque prestidigitation
Angel’s one dimensional view of women prevents him from seeing the complexity of the situation- impact of sexual hypocrisy of society on individuals
…horrible introspective laughter- as unnatural and ghastly as a laugh in hell
Hellish imagery associated with Alec used for Angel
He looked upon her as a species of imposter; a guilty woman in the guise of an innocent one.
End of his idealisation of her
Different societies, different manners…unapprehending peasant woman
Angel’s manifested class superiority and male arrogance
The pair were, in truth, but the ashes of their former fires.
Tragic play of fate, changes in their relationship.
Dead, Dead, Dead!
Foreshadows her death
Then lifting her from the bed with as much respect as one would show to a dead body…
Angel’s inner emotions and conflict openly displayed during his sleepwalking. Tender love suggests his condemnation of her was misplaced, however also implies their relationship is irredeemable.
…had she made a scene, fainted, wept hysterically, in that lonely lane…he would probably not have withstood her.
Tragedy- NARRATIVE INTERVENTION
What’s done can’t be undone!
Rural fatalism of Joan Durbeyfield
…and felt that if it had sent him to eternal hell there and then he would have told that lie.
Hellish imagery- his love for Tess put a strain on his relationship with religion
several pheasants lay about…dabbled with blood…she broke the necks
mercy killings- Tess and animals, vulnerable, wounded pheasants are representative of her. Moral goodness juxtaposes cruelty of society in shooting down the pheasants.
The sky wore…a white vacuity of countenance…white face looking down on the brown face and the brown face looking up at the white face…two girls crawling over the surface of the former like flies
Desolate atmosphere in Flintcomb-Ash is the antithesis of the fresh, fertile Talbothays
And she went her way without knowing that the greatest misfortune of her life was this feminine loss of courage at the last and critical moment…her present condition was precisely one which would have enlisted the sympathies of old Mr and Mrs Clare.
NARRATIVE INTERVENTION
tragedy is emphasised through the dramatic irony.
He had, he said, been the greatest of sinners…wantonly associated with the reckless and the lewd.
Religious hypocrisy of society, Alec is able to find closure while Tess is not because of her gender. Further irony in Mr Clare being the person to convert Alec. Circular narrative.
