Colour Symbolism in Tess
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- Symbolism in Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Hardy builds up a constant opposition of red and white as the narrative progresses
- Tess where a "white frock" at the May Day dance but unlike the other girls also wears a "red ribbon in her hair"
- A03: Could symbolise Tess' dual nature or to reinforce or sense of Tess' destiny or fate
- Following Prince's death Tess constantly encounters the colour red
- "Rich crimson" of Alec's house
- [Alec] "The blood-red ray in the spectrum of her young life"
- "scarlet blot" of blood on the white ceiling after the murder
- "red-tyrant machine" = becomes an image of hell, suggesting evil and danger
- Tess wears a "white frock" when we first see her
- "White muslin dress" just before she is seduced suggests and reinforces her purity and innocence
- Hardy builds up a constant opposition of red and white as the narrative progresses
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