Social Critisism Flashcards
What quote is said through the omniscient narrator in phase the 1st to criticise the judgement of people and what is the context?
‘However our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes’ - parson acts as a mouthpiece for Hardy, saying that people don’t judge properly before acting. This is shown when John durbeyfield adores the parsons treatment and falls for it
What quote in phase the 1st compares Jacobean society to Victorian society using Tess and her mother comparatively and what does it suggest?
‘When they were together the Jacobean and Victorian ages were juxtaposed’ - this comes after Tess is praised for being motherly, educated and having immense pride, therefore suggesting that those in Victorian society are better educsted
What quote in phase the 1st shows Tess’ maternity and motherlike actions, perhaps critiquing society and showing a generational change?
‘Tess became humanely beneficent towards the small ones’
On the night Tess is raped, why do we feel as though Alec is getting closer to Tess and what quote supports this?
Tess is in town with the country people, when Alec shows up and says ‘what my beauty - you here so late?’
