Phase 7- Fulfilment Flashcards
…so reduced was that figure from it’s former contours…the skeleton behind the man, and almost the ghost behind the skeleton…sunken eye-pits…morbid…light in his eyes had waned
Narrative punishing Angel parallels fate punishing Tess, Angel has gone through hell
…he had asked himself why had he not judged Tess constructively rather than biographically, by the will rather than by the deed?
Impact of his experience at Brazil- acts as a mouthpiece for Hardy
Where could Tess possibly, a cottage-girl, his young wife, amidst all this wealth and fashion?
Angel’s inability to reconcile with the thought of Tess ass a member of a different class shows their difference in class and emphasises the struggle to transcend the class system.
…gray-white…half-mourning tints
mismatch between her clothing and her class
…made me a victim, a caged bird…spot in the middle of the white surface…it was red…ace of hearts…point of the blade had touched the heart of the victim
Murder of Alec- Tess compared to bird again, death of Alec, colour imagery, cards symbol of fate, Prince was also stabbed in the heart- CIRCULAR NARRATIVE
…and wondered what obscure strain in the D’urberville blood had led to this aberration
Angel’s refusal to acknowledge her agency in her actions
He was still her Antinous, her Apollo even.
Tess’s idealisation of Angel
…one man on earth who had loved her…believed in her as pure.
Adam and Eve- subtitle ‘pure woman’
…like the plans of two children
Simile juxtaposes the severity of Tess’s actions
What must come will come.
Rural fatalism
…like the note of some gigantic one-stringed harp
Angel plays the harp at the start…circularity of novel emphasises the shift in circumstance
…I was a heathen so now I am at home.
Tess is constantly associates with paganistic values- criticism of Christian faith?
She has all the best of me without the bad of me…
Tess about Liza-Lu, Liza-Lu as a symbol of what Tess could’ve been had Alec not stained her life with misfortune and sin
…her breathing was now quick and small, like that of a lesser creature than a woman.
Tess associated with prey again, emphasises her vulnerability
Justice was done, and the President of the immortals had ended his sport with Tess.
Hypocrisy of Justice system of Victorian society- justice done was not justice done to women, but to social laws.
