Ch41

Question 1

What is the significance of the reappearance of Farmer Groby

Answer 1

-Characters from past are weaved into the story in order to exemplify the inescapability of fate
-Foreshadows return of Alec

Question 2

Quote showing Tess’s comfort in nature and burrowing into a pile of dead leaves

Answer 2

“Scraped together the dead leaves…into this Tess crept”

Question 3

Analysis of “scraped together the dead leaves…into this Tess crept”

Answer 3

-Comfort found for Tess within nature
-Reminder of threshing circle as Tess has been pushed into middle and is made vulnerable by society
-Presents Tess as a delicate creature,attempting to hide from the predatory nature of society

Question 4

Quote showing the greatest representation of pathos in the novel related to birds

Answer 4

“She killed the birds tenderly”

Question 5

Analysis of Tess’s “tender” killing of birds

Answer 5

-Greatest representation of pathos in story
-Tess is likened to birds throughout and this is most damning example,she has been ‘shot down’ like these birds
-Her capacity to pity these birds despite her own hardships show her a pure and compassionate woman
-Males in this society ‘shoot down’ women through societal standards