Tess- Religion
- Created by: Emily
- Created on: 03-06-15 17:16
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- Religion in Tess
- Religion is, at times, presented as shallow and fleeting
- Alec's conversion to Christianity
- 'Such flashes as you feel I fear don't last!'
- 'securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted...I hate it!'
- The 'sign painter' spreads words of the Bible without fully understanding what they mean
- Alec's conversion to Christianity
- Theme of paganism
- Influence of ancestors
- 'Sir Pagan D'Urberville'
- Conflict between Paganism and Christianity
- 'Sir Pagan D'Urberville'
- Tess finds peace at Stone Henge
- 'sheltered', 'comforting'
- 'So now I am at home'
- 'I think you are lying on an altar'
- Imagery of sacrifice- self sacrifice shows victory over fate
- Authorial Comment- Tess is as pure and sacred as a Holy sacrifice
- Imagery of sacrifice- self sacrifice shows victory over fate
- Tess's proximity to nature links with primitive religion
- 'Daughter of the soul'
- 'An integral part of the landscape'
- Tess's paganism as a fight against fate
- Imagery of sacrifice- self sacrifice shows victory over fate
- Authorial Comment- Tess is as pure and sacred as a Holy sacrifice
- Tess's metaphorical victory over death and fate by her 'rebirth' in Liza-Lu
- Securing for her sister what she had sought for herself
- Imagery of sacrifice- self sacrifice shows victory over fate
- Influence of ancestors
- The role of the 'President of the Immortals'
- Fate controlling life- superstitions and omens
- 'descending upon them the destiny'
- D'Urberville legend 'committed a dreadful crime'
- Creates the image of a cruel, controlling God
- This references Zeus- master of the Gods
- Possible exploration of potential meaning- why not president of the mortals?
- Tess as a mythological 'everywoman'
- Possible exploration of potential meaning- why not president of the mortals?
- Fate controlling life- superstitions and omens
- Religion portrayed negatively
- Angels Christian upbringing contributes to his inability to forgive Tess (despite having committed the same 'sin')
- 'I admit, you were more sinned against than sinning'
- Tess unwillingly swears to the devil at 'cross-in-hand'
- 'Tis a thing of ill-omen...they say he sold his soul to the devil'
- 'Where was Tess's guardian Angel?'
- 'The ******* gift of shameless nature who respects no the civil law'
- Religion views sorriw, an innocent baby, as damned and shameful
- He cannot be buried in the 'Christian' part of the churchyard, but instead among the drunkards
- Religion views sorriw, an innocent baby, as damned and shameful
- Angels Christian upbringing contributes to his inability to forgive Tess (despite having committed the same 'sin')
- Religion is, at times, presented as shallow and fleeting
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