Ch4

Question 1

Key Quote showing idea of fate from chapter 4

Answer 1

“A splendid one or a blighted one”

Question 2

Analysis of “a splendid one or a blighted one? A blighted one.”

Answer 2

Reflects idea of novel where external forces such as fate,social class,gender expectations dictate her life rather than her personal choice.her inate goodness is not enough to save her from society’s cruelty and serves as a tragic prediction of her doomed existence

Question 3

Quote showing motif of red and death of prince

Answer 3

“She became splashed from face to skirt with the crimson drops”

Question 4

Quote showing Tess’s own guilt after Prince’s death

Answer 4

“Tis all my doing-all mine”
“Nobody blamed Tess as she blamed herself”
“Her face was dry and pale as though she regarded herself in the light of a murderess”

Question 5

Analysis of Prince’s death and Tess’s guilt

Answer 5

-Foreshadows her lifelong tendency to blame herself for misfortunes beyond her control
-Blood splattering is symbolic of foreshadowing suffering
-Accident ‘kills’ her innocence along with Prince as it forces her into adulthood as she is forced to help her family financially
-Blame for Prince’s death falls on Tess reflecting the unfair burden placed on women in society