Phase 3 - Key Quotes Flashcards
(28 cards)
“Thyme-scented… May” - N
“Thyme-scented, bird-singing morning in May” - Narrator
“Two… years” - N
“Two silent reconstructive years” - Narrator
“She… landscape” - N
“She felt akin to the landscape” - Narrator
“her… entombed” - N
“her useless ancestors - lay entombed” - Narrator
“Milk… rankness” - N
“Milk and butter grew to rankness” - Narrator
“of… fly.” - N
“of no more consequence to the surroundings than that fly.” - Narrator
“She… future.” - N
“She appeared to feel that she really had laid a new foundation for her future.” - Narrator
“I’ve… times.” - C
“I’ve been told that it goes up into their horns at such times.” - Crick
“but… livery.” - N
“but this was all his local livery.” - Narrator
“What… is!” - A
“What a genuine daughter of Nature that milkmaid is!” - Angel
“Daughter… soil” - A
“Daughter of the soil” - Angel
“The… matured.” - N
“The seasons developed and matured.” - Narrator
“so… again.” - N
“so happy as she was now, possibly never would be so happy again.” - Narrator
“an… law.” - N
“an emotion thrust on them by cruel Nature’s law.” - Narrator
A quote describing the new season which represents Tess’s happiness.
“Thyme-scented, bird-singing morning in May” - Narrator
A quote reflecting how Tess has put her life back together after Alec and the death of Sorrow.
“Two silent reconstructive years” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess is a pure part of nature and at one with it wherever she goes.
“She felt akin to the landscape” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess’s ancestors and her past still haunt her despite everything, and that they have done her no good.
“her useless ancestors - lay entombed” - Narrator
A quote about the dairy farm which highlights pastoral ideas about rural life along with referencing Israel from the Bible.
“Milk and butter grew to rankness” - Narrator
A quote highlighting Tess’s insignificance in the wider world and her inability to do any harm to anyone.
“of no more consequence to the surroundings than that fly.” - Narrator
A quote suggesting Tess will be able to go on with her life as she believes she has recovered.
“She appeared to feel that she really had laid a new foundation for her future.” - Narrator
A quote addressing the superstition and ignorance of rural/pastoral workers.
“I’ve been told that it goes up into their horns at such times.” - Crick
A quote suggesting Angel does not fit in at the farm, despite wearing the same clothes as everyone else.
“but this was all his local livery.” - Narrator
A quote in which Angel both begins his interest in Tess and sets up his pastoral idyll of her as pure (which will eventually be broken apart).
“What a genuine daughter of Nature that milkmaid is!” - Angel
