Is Tess a victim?
- Created by: sophiekevans
- Created on: 08-06-15 14:32
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- Tess as a victim?
- Tess IS a victim
- She is subject to the conventions and prejudice of society
- e.g. "She knew what their whispers were about, she grew sick at heart and felt that she could come to church no more
- Tess is sacrificed - is it a requisite that the sacrifice must be pure.
- "A pure woman"
- Tess accepts her fate when she allows herself to be sacrificed for the sake of her family
- Tess is victim of Alec's ruthless pursuit
- Alec calls her "my pretty" just before the **** = possessive
- She is subject to the conventions and prejudice of society
- Tess IS NOT a victim
- She makes the choice to go with Alec and become the "mistress of her seducer"
- A03: Victorian critics argued that Tess was seduced not ****d. In the 1890s "luckless maiden seduced"
- A03: In the 1960s the view changed. "Luckless victim of ****"
- Some modern critics stick with the belief that Tess was cunningly seduced - Margaret Drabble/ David Lodge
- Mrs Oliphant: she is not forced into becoming the "mistress of her seducer" by any stress of poverty as she is a skilled labourer - so it would be rare for her not to find work
- A03: In the 1960s the view changed. "Luckless victim of ****"
- In the fruit garden she gives in to Alec. "in a slight distress she parted her lips and took it in" she could have resisted.
- Tess IS a victim
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