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“how are the mighty fallen” pg9

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biblical allusion, convey theme of downfall, reversal of fortune, themes of fate, societal expectations and the inevitability of tragedy

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“beautiful white hart” pg13

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recurring motif, symbol of purity and innocence, angel’s longing for redemption and Tess’ purity, idealised version of Tess, symbol of unattainable perfection, Angel’s idealised view of Tess

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“peony mouth…large innocent eyes” pg14

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unknowingly flirtatious, peony=symbol of romance an beauty, child-like, vulnerable, naivety, lack of corruption, link to greek mythology = paeonia, beautiful woman who attracted attention of apollo, when she realised aphrodite was watching she became bashful, she was turned into a re peony.im #kl

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“a mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience” pg15

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metaphor, insignificant, led by her emotions, filled with intense emotions, pure and unadulterated by wordly knowledge, susceptible to manipulation

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“phases of her childhood lurked in her still” pg15

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naive and childish unlike her appearance, her childhood still influences her, “lurked” hidden and waiting to resurface, vulnerable, easy to mislead

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“there was an uncribbed, uncabined aspect in his eyes” pg16

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allusion to Macbeth, foreshadows Angel’s ultimate entrapment, free and unrestrained

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“pointed shaft of the cart…hiss into the road” pg33

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simile, foreshadowing, complex sentences, chaotic, sibilance, hopeless and excess, prince represents their livelihood

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“he insisted” pg42

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imperative, domineering and controlling, able to manipulate Tess

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pink ribbon…white frock…estimated as a woman” pg49

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colour imagery, feminine and flirtatious, virginial, making her look, making her look seductive, sacrificial victim, sympathy Tess

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“with the setting of the moon…Tess became invisible” pg 73

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conceals his actions, contrasts light + dark, foreshadows her being shunned from society , her humanity is obscured

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“but where was Tess’ guardian angel ?” pg74

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omniscient narrator highlights the lack of divine intervention, hardy shows his scepticisms of God as a protector

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“an immeasurable chasm was to divide our heroine’s personailty”

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life-altering event, metaphor, cant go back, becomes a “fallen woman”

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“she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet bird sings” pg75

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biblical allusion, Adam + Eve, prey for the serpent, Alec = diabolical figure, avian imagery

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“Thy, Dammnation, Slumbereth, Not” “as if to give pause while the word was driven well home to the reader’s heart” pg79

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biblical, added commas, metaphor, penetrative, invasive

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“she knew what their whispers were about…could come to church no more”

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hypocrisy “love thy neighbour”, no solice, internal pain, overwheming anguish, Irony

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“her flower like mouth and large tender eye, neither black nor blue, nor grey, nor violet” pg90

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delicate and gentle, colour imagery, complex character, highlights her depth of emotion, tragedy

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“the child consigned to the nethermost corner of hell…three pronged fork” pg93

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alliteration, her fears, torturous image, child is treated as a sinner

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“It was unexpected youth, surging up anew after it’s temporary check, and bringing with it hope, and the invincible instinct towards self delight “ pg100

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metaphor for tess, hopeful and optimistic, new chance for life

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“the var waters were clear as the pure river of life shown to the evangelists” pg103

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biblical, unspoiled, new life, healing and joy, metaphorically being cleansed

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“the typical and unvarying hodge ceased to exist…others austere” pg118

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Angel notices the different between people, openminded, his experience has liberated him from his prejudice

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“what a genuine daughter of nature that milkmaid is!” pg120

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defined by her class, pure, idealising her - inevitably going to be disappointed, foreshadows her fall

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“Tess, like a fascinated bird, could not leave the spot” pg120

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in awe of him, she can’t leave as his social mobility gives her freedom, bird = vulnerability

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“I shouldn’t of expected a young girl like you to see it so yet” pg 124

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underestimating her, ironic and condescending, idolising her innocence but failing to see her depth

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“she was no longer a milkmaid, but a visionary essence of a woman - a whole sex condensed into one typical form” pg130

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Tess’ evolution from a common milkmaid to something more significant in Angel’s eyes, she’s an elevated figure in his mind, foreshadowing her fall, opposite of how Alec viewed her

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"He called her Artemis, Demeter" pg 130
Goddess of chastity and hunting, goddess of fruitfulness and hunting, foreshadowing, ironic
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"Tess, place faced, had gone to the door" pg 135
feels sickened by the story of Jack Dollop, her past is inevitable and inescapable, everyone else is amused
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"the hiss of fertilization...the most fanciful love shouldn't grow passionate" pg 149
sexual imagery, foreshadowing, sibilance = sexual passion and awakening
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"non-evangelical, will-educated, hall marked young men...short sighted" pg159
moulded = indoctrinated, unworldly, standard, stamped to perfection, conformists, conditioned, narrowminded, limited perspective
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"unimpeachable christian" pg 164
utterly trustworthy, dramatic irony = uncomfortable and ominous, pure and virtuous, quixotic and idealistic, questions authenticity of their relationship
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"D'urberville the young man developed the most reckless passions, though he had a blind mother" pg 166
his character is constant, risky and thoughtless, foreboding, metaphorically blind to his actions
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" 'Oh, Mr Clare - I cannot be your wife - I cannot be!' ... she bowed her face in grief" pg 171
repetition and exclamation, she's conflicted and frustrated, her past has control over her, shame
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"Tess looked had grown hard and worn, and her ripe mouth tragical; but she no longer showed any tremulousness" pg 173
she is a women of experience, contrast ("untincured by experience"), she lacks nervousness around Alec
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"many a women - some of the highest in the land - have had a trouble in their time" "Your childish nature to tell all that's in your heart - so simple!" pg 191
different narrative device (letter), counciling and cautioning Tess, hypocrisy, pragamatic, emphasis that is pure "childish", slightly patronising
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"dreadful crime in his family coach...but I'll tell you another day" pg 214
d'Urberville ancestor kidnapped, raped, and killed a young girl, sense of foreboding, inescapable past
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"the ashes under the grate were lit by the fire...last day luridness in this red-coaled glow, which fell on his face" "a large shadow of her shape rose upon the wall and ceiling" pg 225
hellish imagery, like the end of the world (metaphor), colour imagery = rage, ominous, her sin is exposed, sense of doom
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"Forgiveness does not apply to the case. You were one person; now you are another. How can forgiveness meet such a grotesque prestidigitation as that?" pg 228
no longer the "pure daughter of nature", condemnatory tone, accusing her of decieving him, hypocrisy
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"He looked upon her as a species of imposter; a guilty woman in the guise of an innocent one" pg 229
feels manipulated and tricked, committed a crime, sinned against him, judging her on her virtue
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"She did not observe that a tear came out upon his cheek, descending slowly" pg 230
not completely heartless, indoctrinated by Victorian society, led by religious and Victorian morality
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"You are an unapprehending peasant woman, who have never been initiated into the proportions of social things. You don't know what you say" pg 232
reducing her to class, cares more about his staus and rep, she's naive and simple, contrast how he used to view her, dissociation between Tess now & then
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"The river is down there. I can put an end to myself in it. I am not afraid" pg 233
self-sacrificing, desperation - about to lose the love of her life, will do anything to please him
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"Flintcombe-ash farm as a starve acre place" pg 284
malnutrition, famine, metaphor, barren, unfertile, represents Tess
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"Two girls crawling over the surface of the former like flies" pg 285
negligible, insignificant, tiny, images of decay, dismal lives, dehumanised
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"paralysing her movement so that she neither treated nor advanced" pg 305
hyperbole, extent to which he affects her, entrapment
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"but he now wore...the sable moustache having disappeared...half clerical...abstract the dandyism from his features" pg 305
living in disguise, no longer a melodramatic villain, partial transistion, not reality, everything that made him "Alec" has changed, his change is performative
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"But it's better that I should not look too often on you. It might be dangerous" pg 310
Tess's beauty means he can't control himself, hypocritical, perceives himself as a victim, failing to take responsibility
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"and swear that you will never tempt me - by your charms or ways" pg 311
lacks control and self will, blaming Tess, patriarchal society
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"twer not a cross! Tis a thing of ill-omen" pg 312
criminal, symbolic of punishment, foreshadows Tess's punishment at the hands of society
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"devote myself to missionary work in Africa" pg315
sees Africa as needing to be civilised, patronising, ironic that Alec is going to civilise people, imperialistic and colonialist attitudes portrayed through Alec
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symbolism of the threshing machine pg325
given human qualities and made to seem in control, representative of the mechanistic law of fate which directs Tess's life to it's tragic end, symbol of agricultural revolution, encroachment of industrial technology into traditional agricultural practices, power dynamic between labourers and technology, power imbalance in society, foreshadows Tess's later encounters with industrialisation and modernity
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"the red tyrant that the women had come to serve" pg325
colour symbolism, destroying traditional agricultural work, powerful and dominate, women are subservient, moder industry is hellish and destructive, fiery intrusion on nature
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"kept up a despotic demand upon the endurance of their muscles and nerves" pg 325
alliteration, relentless, tight control, tyrannical, physically and emotionally oppressive
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"he spoke in a strange northern accent" pg325
foreign, intruder, unnatural presence
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"he served fire and smoke" "service of his plutonic master"
hellish and fiery imager, pluto = god of underworld, demonic
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"was a creaking erection that would scarcely bare the weight of the superincumbent load" pg360
heavy weight on top of it, metaphor for the families instability and fragility, especially female headed households,
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"made me a victim, a caged bird!" pg 381
dialogue, avian imagery, metaphor, exclamatory, put Tess in a guided cage
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"she was fully dressed now in the walking costume...a veil was drawn" pg381
illusion, her relationship was fake, mourning alec, her own spiritual death
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"gigantic ace of hearts" pg382
passion, traditionally meant bad luck
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"drip, drip, drip" pg382
Prince, it was her fate to meet Alec, will lead to her downfall
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"the point of the blade had touched the heart of the victim" pg383
personal, killing his attachment to her and his passion, omission of Tess killing Alec = our vision is untainted
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"It was a black flag. 'Justice' was done, and the president of the immortals...had ended his sport with Tess" pg397
ironic, condemning the idea of justice, colour imagery = death & mourning, symbol of Tess's death, mythological allusion, ancient Greek playwright, in his play 'Prometheus bound' Prometheus is punished for eternity for helping mankind, Tess was a 'toy' to the gods of morality and religion in Victorian England. Tess is a sacrifice, authorial comment, novel ends with silence after this comment, reverence respect & reflection

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