Phase The Third Flashcards
What is the setting of phase the third?
Two and a half years have passed and Tess leaves home to work as a milkmaid at talbothays. This is the start of her new journey as she engages with nature and regains hope
What does the first line say, using the motif of birds, to suggest Tess new journey?
‘On a bird hatching morning in May’
What key quote shows Tess further moving away from her past?
‘Either the change in quality of air from heavy to light’ or the ‘new scenes where there were no invidious eyes upon her, sent up her spirits’
Key quote using motif of birds to show her joy:
‘In every bird’s note seemed to lurk a joy’
How does Angel’s reintroduction link with Tess moving away from her past and how is this tragic?
He has seemingly lost direction in life and is ‘more thiughtful’ with the air of something ‘reserved, educated, subtle, differing’. This links with the air around Tess feeling ‘light’, foreshadowing the potential harm caused by Angel
Where does Hardy act as the omniscient narrator to portray women in nature?
‘Nature retain in their souls far more than the pagan fantasy of their forefathers’
How do the maids contrast the men in tess’ life?
Despite their love for Angel, their love for Tess overrides it and they support her
What quote shows Angel to be an evangelical Christian?
‘He saw certain brimstone flames around him’ which links to the evangelic paul
Why is Angel sent to the farm with the working class and why is this of tragic significance?
He is unable to accept the dogma of his father’s evangelicalism and isn’t sent to university like his brothers’. This is significant as it shows Angel’s desire to challenge society’s expectations which enables him to marry Tess, however eventually he goes back to social conventions after Tess tells him the truth
What is a key quote in chapter 18 to show how Angel initially views Tess and how is this significant?
‘What a fresh and virginal daughter of nature that milkmaid is’, showing he knows not of her ‘impurity’. His interest shows he is attracted to Tess, and sees her as being an embodiment of a pagan, nature God
How is dramatic irony created between Tess and Angel?
He is oblivious to her past in which she was raped and gave birth, which is significant and we know he will find out sooner or later
How is Angel’s journey to Brazil foreshadowed and how is this tragic?
Angel tells tell that she ‘will always be here to milk them’, foreshadowing him leaving her behind
Key motif of a trapped bird to show that Angel has ‘caught’ Tess:
‘Like a fascinated bird, she could not leave her spot’
What key quote shows Tess is inseparable from nature and is at home in it?
‘Tess was conscious of neither time nor space’
What does the ‘faint summer fog in layers’ symbolise on Angel and Tess’ first encounter?
Their lack of clarity as they don’t really know each other, which is reminiscent of her first meeting with Alec
How does the rally conform to the conventions of the pastoral?
The countryside is idealised, and Tess clearly begins to feel at home in nature and on the farm. She sees it as an opportunity to start a new chapter in her life
What is a Key quote to show Tess has moved on as she has even put the experience of rape behind her and what does it allude to?
‘Tess’ passing of corporeal blight was her mental harvest’ - Tess is able to move on partly due to where she is, in the farm, working and enjoying it
What is a Key quote showing that their relationship is entirely class-based and how does it relate to fate?
‘Seemed to regard Angel Clare an an intelligence rather than a man’ -linking to the idea of fate as it means whatever family you are born into determines how you are portrayed
What quote shows Tess’ and Angel’s relationship to be growing, and how does this allude to fate based off of other tragic novels?
It says Tess would ‘possibly never be this happy again’, which links heavily to her downfall as when somebody is usually at their highest in tragic novels it doesn’t get better
What does the tale of Jack Dollop highlight?
It serves to highlight tess’ over sensitivity to her own moral plight, further emphasised by her reactions to the milkmaids whisperings and her determination to act according to her strict moral code
How does hardy as the omniscient narrator convey the general social trends through Tess’ feeling of melancholy?
He phrases her meloncholy as the ‘ache of modernism’ as Tess is the one that feels the pain, however Angel is the one who articulates it
How does the opening line of chapter 20 symbolise fate?
‘The season developed and matured’ - this description of a ‘clockwork’ universe adds to the inevitability of their relationship also developing
Key quote to show Angel is more educated than Tess, adding to the idea of their relationship being class based:
‘He called her Artemis demeter but she didn’t understand’
Key quote to convey the solidarity of Tess through the motif of birds
‘Only a solitary cracked-voiced reed sparrow greeted her from the bushes’
How is Tess portrayed as Christ-like in chapter 22 and how does this portray the Victorian society?
‘Tess is described as ‘self sacrificing’ after she tries to persuade Angel to give the other Derry girls a chance, summing up her attitudes to marriage with Angel and the tragic factor of her guilt that allows her punish herself rather than be happy. This portrays society as being the real villain, as the unwritten expectations influence Tess
What is the biblical link to Angel saying ‘three Leah’s to one Rachel’, suggesting Tess is better than the other Derry girls in his eyes?
It links to Jacob in the Old Testament who’s wife was Lear, however Jacob took a second wife in Lear’s younger sister Rachel
What key quote shows the slow burn of their relationship being parallel to the summer heat and what does this suggest?
‘Amid the oozing fatness and warm ferments, it was almost impossible that the most fanciful love should not grow passionate’. Here, hardy creates the sense of fate, suggesting that Angel and Tess have no choice but to fall deeper in love, and does so in an optimistic way that is later tragically corrupted
