Ch19

Question 1

Quote showing Tess as a bird again but being trapped willingly not unwillingly

Answer 1

Tess like a fascinated bird could not leave the spot

Question 2

Quote showing Tess’s movement through nature

Answer 2

Went stealthily as a cat through this profusion of growth

Question 3

Significance of “went stealthily as a cat through this profusion of growth”

Answer 3

-Animalistic imagery-Comparisoj to a cat suggests her as graceful,natureal and instinctive and also that she moves in harmony with her surroundings belonging to the “profusion”
-Tess shown as hiding from the corruption of society within the natural fertile world

Question 4

Quote showing Tess’s feeling of missed opportunity

Answer 4

My life looks as if it has been wasted for want of chances

Question 5

Significance of quote “my life looks as if it has been wasted for want of chances”

Answer 5

-Missed opportunities-She has a lack of opportunities highlighting the idea of Tess as a victim of circumstances
-Critique of Victorian society as the class,poverty and gender of Tess limits her own chances in life despite her own talents and goodness

Question 6

Quote showing the injustices in Victorian society

Answer 6

Why does the sun shine on the just and unjust alike?

Question 7

Significance of “why does the sun shine on the just and unjust alike?”

Answer 7

-Questioning divine justice showing her doubt in traditional religious ideas
-Religious allusion yet ironic as the religious platitudes offer no real comfort against the injustices she suffers
-Reflects hardy’s fatalistic view as world indifferent to suffering