Tess Quotations Flashcards
Tess’ mouth and eyes:
“But her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes.”
Horse’s death:
“Entered the breast of the unhappy Prince like a sword.”
Tess’ blame:
“She regarded herself in the light of a murderess.”
Alec creepily talking about her lips:
“Let me put one little kiss on those Holmberry lips.”
Creepy kiss:
“d’Urberville gave her the kiss of mastery.”
Alec getting annoyed at Tess’ refusal of help:
“Very well Miss Independence. Please yourself.”
Tess unaware of Alec’s actions:
“As though she were nearly unconscious of what he did.”
Tess’ perception of herself:
“She looked upon herself as a figure of guilt intruding into the haunts of innocence.”
Sorrow’s unwanted birth:
“The baby’s offence against society in coming into the world.”
Sorrow’s death:
“So passed away sorrow the undesired.”
Angel’s first perception of Tess:
“What a fresh and virginal daughter of nature that milkmaid is!”
Tess accepting her fate: (2)
1) “I will obey you like your wretched slave, even if it is to lie down and die.”
2) “I am almost glad… this happiness could not have lasted… I shall not live for you to despise me.”
Perception of working class’ position in society:
1) “Daughter of the soil.”
2) “Don’t, Angel, be so anxious about a mere child of the soil.”
Alec’s comeback:
“Alex d’Urberville, the late Evangelist.”
Alec’s death:
“The dead silence within was broken only by a regular beat.”
