Tess Quotations Flashcards
Theme of blood - Prince’s death.
“splashed face to skirt with Crimson drops…huge pool of blood.”
1st intro of Alec.
“well groomed black moustache with curled points.”
Mark of Alec on Tess’s life.
“he who was to be the blood red ray in the spectrum of her young life…she was doomed to be seen and marked and coveted that day by the wrong man.”
Tess confronts her mother.
“How could I be expected to know?…l was a child when I left this house…Why didn’t you warn me?”
Angel’s hypocrisy.
“You were one person; and now you are another. How can forgiveness meet such a grotesque prestidigitation.”
Devilish imagery of Alec.
“the fire flared up and she beheld the face of Durberville…grotesqueness of his appearance…ghastly comicality.”
Alec’s death.
“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.”
Tess accepts her death.
“This happiness could not have lasted. I have had enough; and now I shall not live for you to despise me.”
End page quotation.
“Justice was done and the President of the immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess” .
