Ch6

Question 1

Quote showing Alec’s true intention under his love

Answer 1

A thorn of the rose

Question 2

Quote showing children’s excitement over Alec’s visit

Answer 2

“The gentleman’s been here!”

Question 3

Quote showing her guilt over Prince leading to her going to Alec

Answer 3

I suppose I ought to do something to get ye a new one”

Question 4

Quote showing fates and Tess’s true ambitions

Answer 4

She had hoped to be a teacher at the school,but the fates seemed to decide otherwise

Question 5

Analysis of “she had wanted to be a teacher at the school,but the fates seemed to decide otherwise”

Answer 5

Tess desires independence as a respectable schoolteacher but is immediately undercut by “the fates” reinforcing the idea that Tess’s life is made by fate.Even without fate Tess’s own class and gender would’ve made it hard to pursue education and a career.
She is forced into hard labour and her own harsh reality juxtaposes to her relitavely modest ambitions