Tess of the D'Urberville's Flashcards
1
Q
“the most flexuous and finely…
A
drawn figure of them all”
2
Q
“Well, my beauty,
A
what can I do for you”
3
Q
“Mere vessel of emotion
A
untinctured by experience”
4
Q
“Fresh and virginal
A
daughter of nature”
5
Q
“The woman I have been loving
A
is not you”
6
Q
“Remember, my lady, I was your master once!
A
I will be your master again. If you are any man’s wife you are mine!”
7
Q
‘It was to be’.
A
There lay the pity of it
8
Q
No parson should come inside his door..
A
. by her shame
9
Q
Penny Boumelha:
(Tess’s rape)
A
what is written on a body can never be erased.
10
Q
Jane Shelley:
Tess’s strength
A
however cruel her destiny, she has a clear sense of herself, and the strength to remain true to it.
11
Q
Mark Asquith
A
Angel abandons her, masking his prurient disgust at her sexual history with spurious Christian principes
