Ch9 Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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Quote from ch9 showing caged birds
A
“Enclosure” “now a trampled and sanded square”
2
Q
Analysis of “enclosure” “now a trampled and sanded square”
A
Motif of ‘caged bird’ begins in this scene and carries on throughout.Tess is a bird trapped both physically and metaphorically by her gender and social class and by fate
3
Q
Quote showing Tess’s failure at whistling
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Fruitlessly blowing and blowing
4
Q
Quote showing relationship of Alec and mother
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“No great affection flowed between the blind woman and her son”
5
Q
Other dramatic methods in chapter 9
A
Whistling lessons full of sexual overtones,birds whistle when they want to mate and so whistling could be Alec awakening her sexual identity and desire
