Ch30

Question 1

Quote showing Angel viewing society as being too materialistic

Answer 1

“Society is hopelessly snobbish”

Question 2

Analysis of “society is hopelessly snobbish”

Answer 2

-Shows Angel’s condemning of social class
-Shows hypocrisy of the world,due t to her royal lineage she is viewed as a more valuable person despite having the same character

Question 3

What quote shows Angel’s paternalistic attitude towards Tess

Answer 3

“You are a child to me Tess”

Question 4

Analysis of “you are a child to me Tess”

Answer 4

-Power imbalance and paternalism,words show his patronising and paternalistic attitude,reflecting the wider gender dynamics of Victorian society
-View of her as a child reveals his tendency to idealise her innocence

Question 5

Quote showing Tess’s own outburst of emotion due to her guilt

Answer 5

“O sometimes I wish I had never been born”

Question 6

Analysis of “O sometimes I wish I had never been born”

Answer 6

-Outburst of emotion and her internal guilt and shame
-“O” presents sentence as deep ongoing suffering
-Reflects on her life being governed by cruel fate as she is aware secret will eventually come out
-Wish of death shows crushing weight from society regarding her impurity