Chapter 2
- Created by: Laura Thompson
- Created on: 24-09-15 10:51
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- Chapter 2
- White Hart
- 'The Vale was known in former times as the forest of the white Hart'
- Symbolises Tess's future
- Foreshadows her fate with Alec
- Desire
- Not as chaste as originally thought
- more mechanical
- The "pagan" tradition of "club-walking " as means of introducing the heroine
- Links back to Tess's ancient blood, solely female, juxtaposes chapter 1. Purity. Symbolises new birth, fertility, chastity, virginity, innocence. Lack of experience
- 'a gay survival from old style days, where cheerfulness and maytime were synonyms'
- gap between reality and ideal. Dangerous/foolish to romantisice unduly/naivity
- Links to Angels courtship with Tess, and how he calls her divine names as he thinks she is perfect.
- Description of Clare brothers, first impressions, Angel and the girls
- 'three men of a superior class'
- Two elder brothers more serious
- Angel more playful. Wants to have 'a fling' with the girls
- Reader's bond with Tess. Indication she is a key character
- Her Appearance
- She is described as more beautiful than the other girls
- Her innocence and youthfulness
- she is "a vessel of emotion"
- She is clearly embarrassed by her father's behaviour and tries to make excuses to the others
- It is obvious that he is drunk and the other girls laugh at her
- Her loyalty to her father
- the red ribbon which sets her apart
- foreshadows Alec
- the colour red symoblises sexual implications
- Her shyness or resevation in relation to Angel Clare
- Angel doesn't choose her to dance with
- Angel also regrets his decision, 'but it could not be helped' so he turns away and thinks nothing of it
- Tess keeps on looking at the newcomer, wishing he danced with her
- Tess is always 'set apart' from the other girls, as if she is an outsider
- Angel doesn't choose her to dance with
- Her Appearance
- White Hart
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