Comparative Analysis of Jane Eyre and Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Comparative Study – Jane Eyre and Tess of the D'Urbervilles Comparison of Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë is possible as both authors were writing in the same time period; therefore both books contain certain aspects attributed to one genre: the Victorian Novel. However its is also important to realise the differences between the books as well as the similarities; the diversities are what give each novel its individuality and make it distinct from other books by the same author or included in the same genre. The first chapter of a novel is always vital as it is essential in capturing the reader and enticing them to read on. In addition, the opening section plays a part in ...show more content... They torture her, referring to her as and 'animal' and a 'madcat'. Subsequently her living situations change, only for Jane to endure more harsh conditions at Lowood school: 'we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid'. Jane addresses the reader, clearly intoning that she is aware of this higher power 'fate has out–manoeuvred me' yet later on rebuking it 'God has given us, in a measure, the power to make our own fate'. This contrast highlights for both the characters and the reader the unpredictability and unsure feelings associated with fate. In the first chapter of both novels the reader sees how social status affects the way in which an individual is treated: Jane is thought of as a lesser being not worthy of treatment as a human: '–bad animal!' This is emphasised through the use of the animal insults, and because the reader sees them entirely from Jane's point of view, it is hard to see any good in the Reeds. For Tess, her believed change in status is just one of the many aforementioned incidents which lead to her fate. Her family's intent belief that they are descendents of the 'D'Urberville' family causes them to behave differently, to change the way they think about themselves and other people. This belief is the first factor in leading Tess to Alec, for Angel does appear at the beginning of the story at the Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Essay on Tess of the D'Urbervilles vs. Jane Eyre The two novels are based in the past when women were not considered as equal to men. The characters, Tess and Jane are both the main characters of the novels ±Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and ±Jane Eyre'. ±Tess of the D'Urbervilles' is based on the experiences of Tess. Whereas, ± Jane Eyre' is an autobiographical book about Jane. The value of money plays a major role in both characters' life. The characters Jane and Tess are both women and so they are subject to discrimination. They both have a lot in common, for example both Tess and Jane are caring, brave, forgiving and very determined. Both characters faced challenges, difficulties and hardships, but they were able to tackle them with their best abilities. One of the main themes of both ...show more content... She struggles and faces a lot of hardships, which proves Tess's bravery at the end of the novel . Furthermore, Tess and Jane are light hearted, they are forgiving. For example: Jane forgives her cousins and aunt for the unfairness they committed against her and Tess forgives Alec for the serious crime he committed against her. They are both very determined to do what they decide to do. This is proven in Jane's case when she stays away from Mr. Rochester even though he leaves her alone. In Tess' case, she is determined to stay away from Alec D'Urbervilles. Similarly, both Jane and Tess faced crisis situations and they tackled them with their best abilities. Jane proves her ability when she saves Mr. Rochester's life during the fire and Tess proves it when she takes care of her family. One of the main themes of both novels is the way men dominate women and the women's inferiority. Both characters got what was needed for women, at that time. For example Jane had many talents which were the main ones at that time (art, music, singing, teaching etc.). Tess knew farming which was needed to help support her family. This shows their wish to help out. But even with these advantages, they had an inferiority complex which was due to "the men dominating society". Thomas , Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles . England: Random House, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'urbervilles Essay Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'urbervilles In Thomas Hardy's novel, "Tess of the D'urbervilles" the settings and surroundings of Talbothays Dairy and Flint Comb – Ash represent both the good and evil in Tess's life. Throughout the novel Tess is faced with absolute happiness and also total misery. As she moves from location to location the setting of these different places reflect her different emotions. Hardy also uses nature to help the reader identify with Tess's feelings. The natural surroundings and the different seasons are often in keeping with the events of the novel; literacy critics refer to this as the 'Pathetic Fallacy'. Throughout the novel as the seasons change, so does the action, which ...show more content... She is illustrated as "a fine picturesque country girl". We are left with the impression of rustic beauty with a hidden, or perhaps not hidden, sense of passion. Tess was born in the village of Marlott, located in the Vale of Blackmoor. "This fertile and sheltered tract of country, in which the fields are never brown and the springs never dryâ€¦. the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an enclosed character to the landscapeâ€¦." Tess is born innocent into a land of possibilities. In this description of Blackmoor, Hardy gives the reader a sense of many possibilities through the imagery of "open hills" and "unenclosed fields". Despite the fact that Tess is born into a limitless world. Her fate proves cruel and it destroys her innocence. An event occurs one evening after her father had had too much alcohol, making it impossible for him to deliver the beehives to the market. So Tess sets out with her younger brother Abraham upon a route of "bad roads over a distance between twenty and thirty miles". The journey is doomed because they will be having to cross "bad roads" that cover a huge distance. They begin their travels on a "Starlit night". "Abraham talked onâ€¦ leant back against the hives, and with Upturned face made observations on the stars, whose Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Essay Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Hardy –1– SAC Out come 2 – Literature In "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" Hardy does expose the social injustices and double standards which prevail in the late nineteenth century. These injustices and double standards are evident throughout the whole novel, and Tess, the main character , is the one who suffers them. This becomes evident from the first page when Parson Tringham meets Jack Durbeyfield and refers to him as "Sir John". With his whimsical comment, made from the safety of a secure social position , the Parson begins the events which start the destruction and downfall of the whole Durbeyfield family. Logically the fact that Tess 's family and their "gentlefolk" relatives have the same descendents should mean that both sides of the ...show more content... Not only this, it was a sin of which he too was guilty – they both had a premarital affair. This leads us to the hypocrisy in the different standards set for men and women. True, this difference was common to the whole society, but Hardy does appear to be a pioneer in highlighting the injustice. At the end of phase the fourth, Angel admits to plunging into "eight and fourty hours' dissipation with a stranger" (page 225). Tess's forgiveness is immediate. She says: "Oh, Angel – I am almost glad – because now you can forgive me!" (Page 225) In her simplicity she believes all will be well but that is not the case. Phase the fifth is titled The Woman Pays. Angel blames her for this very simplicity. He is not willing to live with her and bring shame upon their future family. Angel can be forgiven with a word, but not Tess. As Hardy points out "The woman pays". This is not only shown between Tess and Angel or Alex but by most of the men throughout the book, starting with her father. When Jack Durbeyfield gets drunk at The Pure Drop Tess is expected to do his work for him. While doing this she kills Prince, which leads to her misfortunes at Trantridge. Tess not only has to work for her father when he is drunk, she is expected to cover for his stupidity, as is her mother. An example of this is when Jack rides past the May dance, everyone assumes he is Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Tess of the D'urbervilles was a wildly controversial novel in its time. The novel's questioning of religious belief and social hierarchy are still discussed today. Critics disagree on Tess' role in her own life's course: whether she made decisions or whether her fate was decided for her, and to what extent she is to blame for her rape, her marriage failure, and the death of Alec D'Urberville? In my view, Tess can only be held partially responsible for the events which befall her. She can be considered unlucky since the events are often spoken of as being out of her control. Often her faults seem to come only as a result of her own innocence and good nature. These are traits which present her as an admirable and a just heroine. ...show more content... It is through lines such as 'Where was Tess' Guardian Angel?' that we tend to make the decision to side with Tess in such instances of ambiguity. If, however, you were to consider for a moment that Tess had willingly allowed herself to be seduced, then it becomes possible to apportion some of the blame to her, to see it not as a tragic flaw, but as a flaw in her character and, possibly, in terms of the morals of the day one which should not be forgiven in the eyes of the church. In this reading Tess might be held responsible for what follows thereafter. When Tess murders Alec, we are again asked to call into question whether she is a 'Pure Woman' as the book's title tells us. By this point in the novel , however, Hardy has instilled in us such a huge sense of the role of Fate in Tess' life that Tess' actions seem driven by a force beyond her. Hardy is clearly asking us whether just because Tess has done these things which under normal circumstances would be considered morally and spiritually wrong, she is in fact guilty of being immoral. The title of the book, "Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented," suggests to me that we are invited to see Tess as essentially a victim , even as a sacrifice to forces beyond her's or our control and that infact she presents herself pure and good to Fate to do with her what it will.* The ancient and pre–christian associations connected with Tess falling asleep Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles Essay Tess of the D'Urbervilles was first published in 1891 to mixed reviews. The book is about the character Tess and it is a haunting and tragic tale set in England in the Victorian times in around about the mid 1800's. The book was intially turned down by publishers because the story included seduction and illegitimate birth. In the book Hardy uses a lot of symbolism, some of which foreshadows the events that occur later in the story. Tess's world is rural Wessex where agriculture was the most important industry. The story contains many rustic characters which are links back to Hardy's own life; the rustic characters are friendly and understanding and do not judge other people as much as the aristocratic chracters. During the 1800's England ...show more content... There is another point in the book where Tess prays at what she thinks is some sort of holy relic but later finds out it was the grave of an evil man,'Tis a thing of ill–omen, Miss. It ws put up in wuld times by the relations of a malefactor who was tortured there by nailing his hands to a post and afterwards hung. the bones lie underneath. They say he sold his soul to the devil, and that he walks at times', this foreshadows when she is hung at the end of the book. Another use of symobolism is used late in the book where Tess and Angel are at stonehenge, 'But Tess, really tired by this time, flung herself upon an oblong slab that lay close at hand, and was sheltered from the wind by a pillar', some people speculate that ritualized funerary processions where held at stonehenge which could foreshadow her coming death or this could be a reference to sacrifice,'and the stone of sacrifice midway'. Also when Tess spends a night in the woods she is described like she is hiding and there is also the story of the deer, this is foreshadowing to when she becomes a wanted criminal and is hunted by the authorities,'It is no use, sir, he said. There are sixteen of us on the plain, and the whole country is reared.' The rustic characters in Tess of the D'Urbervilles are links to Hardy's life. They are described as hardworking, understanding Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Essay about Tess of the D'Urbervilles Tess of the D'Urbervilles Tess of the d'Urbervilles is subtitled 'A pure woman' and this is how Thomas Hardy sees and portrays her throughout his novel. As the novel progresses the reader is introduced to many aspects of Tess as she grows from being a child on the verge of adulthood to a mature and experienced woman. In some parts of the book Hardy describes Tess as very passive but in other parts of the novel she is shown as a powerful and even godly sort of woman. The character of Tess is first shown near the beginning of the book as a proud and shy young girl. She is very loving of her family and holds them in high regard especially her parents even though they sometimes do feckless, irresponsible things such as when her father ...show more content... Hardy is very intent on mentioning the cruelty of 'fate' which appears especially in chapter 4 with the discussion between Tess and her brother Abraham concerning the stars, the two children decide that the misfortunes they suffer are all because they live on a 'blighted star' instead of the normal Victorian belief that all misfortunes are due to God punishing someone. This shows Tess as an intelligent and educated young woman. These ideas though technically written in the nineteenth centaury reflect more rightly twentieth centaury views and beliefs. The mere thought that life was random and doesn't always turn out how you want was particularly offensive to people in the Victorian era who believed that there was a divine God that controlled everything. The idea that Hardy thought Tess to be a "pure woman" even after she had gotten pregnant before marriage and committed murder, was also unheard of in the Victorian era. After the death of Prince Tess feels guilty and responsible for the event, which ironically she had no control over, "she regarded herself in the light of a murderess" but her guilt leaves her more inclined to her parent's wishes. Tess's return to Marlott from Trantridge becomes the subject of gossip in the town because she had come back in a lower social standing than before she left–pregnant and unmarried. In the dusk "when light and darkness are so evenly balanced" she feels free and her burden and problems fall away, she feels as if Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Tess of the D'Uberville Angela Le A3 Book Card Title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Author: Thomas Hardy Genre (include original copyright date): Tragedy (1891) Setting (remember setting is not just time and place): Victorian Era England, Wessex County, and English peasantry life Characters and Brief Description (include quotes): Tess Durbeyfield: oldest in family, beautiful, naïve, innocent, immature, runs away from her problems, prioritizes family first, believes anything Angel says. "Tess Durbeyfield at this time of her life was a mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience." Angel Clare: handsome, intelligent, youngest of 3 sons, father is a parson, expected to follow the rules of the church but instead rebels because he does not fully agree ...show more content... Later in the book Mrs. Brooks, the caretaker, notices "The oblong white ceiling, with this scarlet blot in the midst, had the appearance of a gigantic ace of hearts" which is referring to Alec's blood staining the ceiling being Tess has killed him. Narrative Techniques (include examples, and significance): omniscient point of view to allow reader to understand each character equally, changing settings to match the plot and characters emotion, irony to mock the tragedy like how going to Alec would make her rich but she comes home doomed, motifs to foreshadow like the birds that were hunted were put to death, biblical allusions to mock religion since Hardy doesn't believe in it. Description and Significance of Opening Scene Jack Durbeyfield founds out it is from a noble knighted family and uses this information to try to get rich quick. He is very excited about this information and decides to brag about it. This shows the significance ancient lineage plays in the setting and how it will be affected by the plot later on. Description and Significance of Closing Scene

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Tess is executed and a black flag is raised to signify so. This shows the inevitable tragic ending that was always following Tess. There was no escaping fate for her. Plot Details –Jack Durbeyfield found out he is of noble lineage. –Tess accidently kills family horse. –Tess feels obligated to Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

The Novel ' Tess Of The D ' Urbervilles In the novel Tess of the D 'Urbervilles, Hardy places several barriers in the way of Tess and her quest for love. One of the barriers Tess encounters is religion, this barrier is not only associated with Angel but with Sorrow her, illegitimate, child. Another barrier that arises in the novel is class divisions between Tess, Angel and Alec. Tess feels she is not worthy of Angle due to his superior intellect and his middle–class background. whereas Alec abuses his higher class status to subdue and abuse Tess. The final barrier is the expected role of women in the Victorian times. it was a role that dictated they should be pure and virginal girls who were seen and not heard. Hardy holds Tess as a woman pure in heart who stands against the restricting views of the church and society. A running theme through the novel is religion which is also shown to be a barrier to love in more than one way and impacts on more than one relationship in Tess' life. the main relationship religion effects are between Tess and Angel. Clare likes to see himself as an extremist in his beliefs due to his rejection of most of the churches ideologies, but this is called into question when he learns of Tess' 'previous experiences'. Angels immediate rejection of Tess, despite his own immoralities, is essentially down to his inability to overcome his fundamental ideologies. these principles cause huge hypocritical views to emerge from Angel as he is guilty of committing a similar sin 'forgiveness Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess Of The D Urbervilles Double Standards Essay The Double Standard: From 1891 to 2017 While many would love to claim that issues such as sexism or double standards have been essentially extinguished from today's society, the reality is quite different. Upon detailed examination, it is clear that the double standard is much the same today as it is in the Victorian era, despite a change in form. This striking parallel is brought into light by Thomas Hardy's book: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfullly Presented. Throughout Tess, Hardy makes a point to include events that do not just advance the plot; they provide a commentary on the social standards of society–standards that still exist today. His display of the treatment of Tess versus that of Alec and Angel shows the normalization ...show more content... Angel's past eerily mirrors Tess's from the male perspective. Angel was "nearly entrapped by a woman much older than himself, though luckily he escaped not greatly the worse for the experience" (119). Again, two things are notable about this statement. One is the situation itself. The entrapment itself is extremely similar to Alec and Tess, where Alec was much older and took advantage of Tess's inexperience. However, the results could not differ more from Tess's experience. While Angel, being male, got away unscathed, Tess was saddled with a baby that died and shame and emotional scarring that would follow her for her entire life. The second notable part of this statement is the statement itself. Hardy summed up Angel's entire experience in the sum of a sentence. Even when Angel personally explains his experience to Tess, the explanation is brief and fleeting. Angel's experience is treated as little more than a passing thought of something that occurred a long time ago while Tess's follows her at every turn. To add insult to injury, while Tess can see the similarities between her and Angel's situations, Angel sees Tess as impure and ruined forever because of her rape –even though he was a willing participant in his premarital sexual encounter while Tess was not. This is the most direct example of the double standard that Hardy presents throughout the entire novel. Tess herself makes it painfully clear when she begs, "'Forgive me as you are forgiven!'" (235). Despite this clear parallel, Angel will not forgive Tess, choosing instead to cling to the societal standards that dictate that a woman should retain her purity until marriage while a man is free–and often encouraged–to explore his sexual urges as much as he desires. This same double standard is still in place Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Thomas Hardy 's Tess Of The D ' Urbervilles In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess Durbeyfield, who is related to the ancient upper– class d'Urberville family, describes herself as "only a peasant by position, not by nature" (239). When Mr. Durbeyfield, Tess' father, discovers that he comes from the line of the d'Urbervilles, many of Tess ' features and characteristics are explained. However, while Tess' appearance and qualities cause her to appear as an aristocrat, her upbringing justifies her as a peasant. Tess' family is financially constrained, her mother holds fatalistic, superstitious folk beliefs, and she is a working woman . However, Tess' more intrinsic qualities such as her looks, ethical sensitivity, relational intensity, and aptitude in comparison to her fellow countrymen, present her as a "deeper–passioned" (140) woman of a higher class. Therefore, Tess, both socially and culturally, is essentially a combination of both classes, and she does not fully fit in with either class. In the novel, Tess' character, qualities, and position reveal her as both a d'Urberville, an aristocrat, and a Durbeyfield, a peasant. When the Durbeyfields discover their noble ancestry, many of Tess' qualities, such as her beauty, sensitivity, and intensity are justified. Tess, unlike the common folk she lives among, is beautiful, appears "more of a woman than she really [is]" (38), and her "young features look(ed) sadly out of place" (23) in Marlott, her hometown. It is made obvious by her dark eyes and elegant features Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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"Life is not fair" is one of the most commonly used idioms in the world today. As recurrent as it is now, it has also been a quite common theme for contemplation throughout history. This unfairness is always blamed on someone or something, but often this blame is misplaced, which is unfair in itself. In Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy depicts the injustice of life and the effects of mislaid blame through his use of imagery and diction. Hardy uses imagery throughout the novel in order to explicitly define the ways in which life is unjust. This injustice is first displayed at Prince?s death, then again at his burial. Hardy chooses specific words to enable the reader to see exactly what is happing. He describes the mail–cart ...show more content... However, Prince?s death was an accident, and it is unfair that Tess should be blamed, when all she is trying to do is help. It is not long before Tess is blamed again, and again, the fault is not hers. When Tess goes to work for the Stoke–D?Urbervilles, what happens to her there is not her fault either, yet she must pay the consequence. Tess goes to work for them in an attempt to support her family. Unfortunately, Tess is raped by Alec Stoke–D?Urberville, and cannot do anything about it. The scenario is portrayed through Hardy?s choice of words. He says, ?Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around.? This introduction into the rape scene sets the reader?s mind for peace and innocence, when that is not at all what will come. Hardy then chooses to describe other innocent aspects of the scene, such as the ?gentle roosting birds? and the ?hopping rabbits and hares.? Hardy then describes Tess, portraying her as ?beautiful feminine tissue,? ?sensitive as gossamer,? and ? blank as snow.? (Hardy 58). All of these descriptions further impress the thought that Tess is innocent to the situation into the mind of the reader. Through the vivid images drawn by Hardy?s words, the reader can more thoroughly comprehend Tess?s predicament. Tess seems to be granted with a second chance as she is approaching Talbothays Dairy, the author paints for the reader a beautiful landscape brimming with luster and renewal. Hardy?s choice of words when describing Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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The author Thomas Hardy lived and wrote in a time of difficult social change, when England was making its slow and painful transition from an old–fashioned, agricultural nation to a modern, industrial one. Businessmen and entrepreneurs, or "new money," joined the ranks of the social elite, as some families of the ancient aristocracy, or "old money," faded into obscurity. Hardy 's novel Tess of the d 'Urbervilles clearly illustrates his views on the harsh social changes in his time period, which were the exact opposite of many of his conservative and status–conscious readers. In the novel, Hardy mocks the power of high class society and industrialization, as well as to the importance of lineage and heritage in conjunction with social ...show more content... "So much the worse for you. I think that parson who unearthed your pedigree would have done better if he had held his tongue. I cannot help associating your decline as a family with this other fact––of your want of firmness. Decrepit families imply decrepit wills, decrepit conduct. Heaven, why did you give me a handle for despising you more by informing me of your descent! Here was I thinking you a new–sprung child of nature; there were you, the belated seedling of an effete aristocracy!" (Phase the Fifth, Chapter XXXV, pg 235–236) Angel, a character who normally rebels against conventions, cannot accept the fact that Tess is not the pure woman he thought she was, and calls her "an unapprehending peasant woman" implying that her "decrepit" family name is the reason she can 't understand why his forgiveness for Alec 's rape isn 't enough. The hypocrisy Hardy conveys through Angel is shown clearly in this passage; though Angel himself doesn 't want to follow the standards of society, he holds Tess to them, if not to higher standards of purity and perfection. His distaste for her family name and his belief that it led to her misfortune shows that he is also similar to modern society on the brink of the 20th century in England, which finds lineage and old money distasteful and useless (Grimsditch, 119). Through Angel and his many hypocritical actions in the novel, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess Of The D Urbervilles Color Red Essay Just as most pieces of literature, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles uses different forms of symbolism throughout the novel. A prominent symbol through the novel, red is used quite often. Hardy uses it to foreshadow, warn, and hint at future events that are important to the theme and in the progression of the novel. Other symbolic devices are used, but the color red 's myriad of meanings has proven it to be the best way to trace Tess's journey. The symbolism color red is first introduced in the description of the girls whom ar attending the May Day Dance. The girls, including Tess, are wearing various shades of white. Tess, however, is wearing one piece of red; a ribbon in her hair. The insertion of the red ribbon in Tess's attire is, in a sense, a marker. It's a red flag, if you will, that indicates the beginning of Tess's condemnation. Another example of the color being used to foreshadow Tess's future pain, is in the following passage; " The dialect was on her tongue to some extent, despite the village school; the characteristic ...show more content... Alec, as previously states, will come to be the bane of her existence. He will come to be intertwined with the color red multiple times. The first time is when he and Tess are out for a stroll. He keeps handing her flowers, giving him the illusion of having a sweet air about him, but by using red, Hardy is able to hint at Alec's true role in Tess's life. Hardy describes that by putting on a sweet façade, Tess is put under a "blue narcotic haze." By doing so, Alec is able to keep Tess from thinking that he has the potential to be the "one who stood fair to be the blood–red ray in the spectrum of her young life." The use of red here encompasses all the horrid Alec will cause in Tess's life, specifically those in relation to blood, such as her rape, childbirth, and other events that further sullied her Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Love in Tess of the D'Urbervilles Essay Is being in love always a happy experience? With references to the main characters in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, show the range of emotions love can bring. Tess of the D'Urbervilles Is being in love always a happy experience? With references to the main characters in 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', show the range of emotions love can bring. Thomas Hardy was born in June 1840 and was educated until he was 16 near Dorchester. By 1867 Hardy had begun to write his first unpublished novel, 'The Poor Man and the Lady'. By the time he had married his wife in 1874 he had written four novels and was earning a living as a writer. It total Thomas Hardy has written eleven novels, one of which is 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' set in ...show more content... This makes it very hard for Tess to ignore Alec altogether as she believes she owes something to Alec. Alec knows this and therefore takes advantage of the situation when he seduces Tess when they are alone in some woods together. In another version of the book, it clearly states that Alec first gives Tess a drug that makes her unaware of what is happening. This would make the event rape not seduction. In Hardy's time this would have been a very daring thing to write about as no other author had dared to write about anything like it before. Now however, people would not be as shocked as there are many more books written with much more graphic description than this novel. Alec's feelings towards Tess not being reciprocated show that love is not always a happy experience although he does not really love her; it is just lust and obsession. Here the emotions of Tess are that she feels ashamed and dirty. Alec is obsessive and very determined to be with Tess. After this event Tess decides it best to leave and return home to her family. When Tess does arrive home she partially blames her mother for what happened with Alec whilst she was away. She asks her 'How could I be expected to know? I was only a child when I left this house four months ago. Why didn't you tell me there was danger?' Due to the way she feels about Alec, Tess

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles by THomas Hardy Essay Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a movie based on a novel by Thomas Hardy. The story involves a young girl named Tess who will be the victim, the prey, and sometimes the lover of many men. She will go through this without ever understanding what it is that those men want of her. The first man in her life is her father, whose name is John Durbeyfield. He was a drunken farmer. John discovers from the local parson that he is related to the noble local family of d'Urbervilles. After finding out this information, the farmer and his wife immediately send their beautiful daughter, Tess, off to meet and introduce the d'Urbervilles and if everything works out win a position in their household. Tess is almost immediately seduced by one of her ...show more content... The final scene is reflecting the harshness of the work and the desolation of Tess' life. The spirited women idealized for her courage in the story, Tess Durbeyfield is the eldest daughter of a poor family. In the face of near constant harmful circumstances, Tess holds onto her pure heart and sensitive soul. Tess's physicality is referred to so frequently in the novel that it's hard not to think of her attractiveness as her defining characteristic. Some characters in the novel aren't able to see past her good looks. The scene in which she first meets Alec D'Urberville points out that Alec's obsession with Tess is purely physical, and his physical attraction to her has to do with her beauty. Tess herself views her own physical beauty with pride, only to think that Angel is proud to have a pretty wife. At other times, she is self–conscious and embarrassed about her good looks. When she travels alone after Angel has left her, she goes so far as to disguise herself so that she'll be able to avoid the unwanted remarks and unpleasant looks of men on the road. She snips off her eyebrows and ties a bandage around her chin so she won't be looked down upon because of her looks. She somehow sees her own physical attractiveness as a sin. It's something she cannot help, her body features tempts men, and causes them to accuse her of deliberately tempting them. She falls for men very easily and gets pregnant by her cousin. Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess Of The DUrbervilles Analysis Tess of the D'Urbervilles, published in 1891, challenges the social customs of Victorian England. Thomas Hardy uses the main character, Tess, to condemn views of sexual morality and marriage common in the nineteenth century. Hardy's willingness to question the contemporary views of his day made the novel controversial when it first came out. Tess of the D'Urbervilles occurs in the fictional town of Wessex, England. Using this setting, Hardy depicts changes, caused by the rise of modern technology and industry, transpiring throughout rural England. Through Tess, Hardy emphasizes the novel's bucolic setting which represents freedom from the city's corruption. Like other pastoral works, Tess of the D'Urbervilles portrays the country in an idealized or romantic way. By referencing specific pastoral elements belonging to nature, Hardy structures the text to develop the theme of fate. The tragedies that befall Tess appear to be inevitable, giving the impression that fate is punishing Tess for the wrongdoings of her ancestors. Through the theme of class division, Hardy expands upon the notion of fate and questions whether social status should be based on blood or wealth. By emphasizing the rural setting and marriage customs of his time, Hardy distinguishes between marriage for social gain and true pastoral love. The rich country setting of Tess of the D'Urbervilles creates a tone of femininity and nature that emphasizes the thematic portrayal of fate and class division. Infused with other pastoral elements, these themes and motifs classify the novel as a pastoral tragedy. Thomas Hardy depicts a strong connection between women and nature. Women in Tess of the D'Urbervilles are depicted as being more in touch with the outdoors. The special relationship women have with nature separates them from their male counterparts, who are more in tune with industrialization. This parallelism between women and nature is best witnessed through Tess, who Hardy describes as a "daughter of nature" (Hardy.135). Angel Clare associates Tess with nature when he describes her as "a visionary essence of woman," calling her "Artemis, Demeter and other fanciful names" (Hardy.146) By comparing Tess to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, and Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Feeling Sympathy for Tess in Tess of the D'Urbervilles I think that throughout the novel Thomas Hardy uses many different techniques that lead his readers to feel sympathy for Tess. Through reading Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' I have realised that it is invaluable that the readers of any novel sympathise with and feel compassion for the main character. In writing 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' Thomas Hardy is very successful in grabbing the attention and sentiments of the reader and then steering their emotions so that they feel empathy and understanding for the character Tess. Hardy does this from the very first time we are introduced to Tess. The first time we see Tess is at the Woman's Walking Club Festival, Hardy ...show more content... Hardy uses this dismissive tone of speech to display to the reader the prejudice Tess is subject to because of her low social class, this allows us to identify with Tess and consequently feel sympathy for her. Hardy also leads us to feel sympathy for Tess by alerting us to the fact that Tess is a very moral, altruistic, good person, who does not deserve hardship. One such way that Hardy shows this is by always making Tess supportive and loyal to her family. This is shown early in the book, where some of the girls of the Woman's Walking Club are teasing Tess about her fathers drinking habits and Tess tells them: "Look here, I wont walk another inch with you if you say such jokes about him" (Chapter II) although she is acutely embarrassed. This displays Tess' integrity and strong nature to the reader, and gives us (the readers) another reason to like Tess. Another way in which Hardy shows Tess' goodness and purity (and resultantly winning the affection and sympathy of the readers) is by portraying Tess as 'a maiden of the land' (Chapter XXI)a woman who is wholly at one with nature. Tess is always seen to be comfortable outdoors: 'Every contour of the surrounding hills was as well loved and as personal as that of her Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles –1– SAC Out come 2 ± Literature In "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" Hardy does expose the social injustices and double standards which prevail in the late nineteenth century. These injustices and double standards are evident throughout the whole novel, and Tess, the main character, is the one who suffers them. This becomes evident from the first page when Parson Tringham meets Jack Durbeyfield and refers to him as "Sir John". With his whimsical comment, made from the safety of a secure social position, the Parson begins the events which start the destruction and downfall of the whole Durbeyfield family. Logically the fact that Tess's family and their "gentlefolk" relatives have the same descendents should mean that both sides of ...show more content... While doing this she kills Prince, which leads to her misfortunes at Trantridge. Tess not only has to work for her father when he is drunk, she is expected to cover for his stupidity, as is her mother. An example of this is when Jack rides past the May dance, everyone assumes he is drunk and Tess is left to defend his behaviour. " ±He's tired, that all,' she said hastily, ±and he has got a lift home,'" (p.15) When Tess says this no one believes her. As her friends say, "Bless thy simplicity, Tess" (Page 15) In Tess's society it was more acceptable for a man than a woman in authority to be cruel or unjust. Alec is not seen as a bad man for what he has done. To an extent even Tess's parents blame her for everything that happened at Trantridge. On hearing the whole story Tess's mother says, " ±And yet th'st not got him to marry ±ee!' "reiterated her mother. ±Any woman would have done it but you' "Apparently Tess's pride was more of a sin than Alec's rape of her. There seems to be no escape for Tess from the social injustice which is her fate. There is no authority that will champion a mistreated peasant like Tess, in both the situation with Alec, and Tess being from a poor family. The only voice of dissent is from Hardy, the novelist. Even with Angel, her husband, she has no avenue for complaint. People assume the woman was in the wrong but on what was Angel's reaction actually based? It could have been an immature Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Tess Of The D Urbervilles Double Standard Essay Tess Durbeyfield is one of several women who have experienced the repercussions of the double sexual standard society has placed upon the world. In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess is portrayed as a young maiden attempting to survive a troublesome life. Along her life journey, she encounters numerous men, particularly Alec d'Urberville and Angel Clare. Through her experiences with these men, this double standard, or the idea that men and women are not enabled to act in the same way, is emphasized in the way she is treated and viewed following certain events in the novel. Early in the novel, following the detrimental death of Prince, Tess is coaxed into traveling from Marlott to Trantridge in order to collect extra money for her ...show more content... It explains the background for much of Tess's motives and attitudes throughout the novel. Tess is expected to follow the directions of both Alec and Angel. Along with this, she is shamed by society after the unwarranted sexual relations with Alec and after being left by Angel following their marriage. However, these men did not experience the same circumstances Tess succumbed to, which is a perfect example of the double sexual standard Hardy presents in his Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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