Tess- Theme of time
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- Created on: 02-06-15 17:59
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- Time in Tess
- Rural people who live in traditional, old fashioned ways are portrayed as morally good
- 'Real generosity and admiration'
- 'Little Jealousy'
- Compared to 'Hussy' by town people at Trantridge who are more modern
- 'Real generosity and admiration'
- 'Little Jealousy'
- Compared to 'Hussy' by town people at Trantridge who are more modern
- Suggests Hardy is implying that life by traditional ways of the past is superior to modern ways of life
- Compared to 'Hussy' by town people at Trantridge who are more modern
- 'Little Jealousy'
- Suggests Hardy is implying that life by traditional ways of the past is superior to modern ways of life
- 'Real generosity and admiration'
- Compared to 'Hussy' by town people at Trantridge who are more modern
- 'Little Jealousy'
- 'Real generosity and admiration'
- Structure of book with phases- represents phases/seasons of the year
- Chronological order indicates inevitability of time passing
- Demonstrates Tess's closeness to nature; they mimic each other
- Could potentially indicate cyclic time
- The character of 'fate', indicating that it affects everyone.
- 'The president of the immortals... had ended his sport with Tess'
- Representative of Tess's potential victory over fate by taking control and Angel marrying Liza-Lu
- 'They arose, joined hands again, and went on'
- 'If she were to become yours it would almost seem as if death had not divided us'
- The character of 'fate', indicating that it affects everyone.
- Evening associated with suffering, morning associated with happiness
- Tess and Angel at dawn at Talbothays- like 'Adam and Eve'
- **** takes place at night- 'wrapped thick darkness'
- Time of day aids Alec's crime
- Confession of Tess's past- 'the night swallowed up his happiness'
- Has devastating effects for Tess
- Alec is murdered in the morning
- Potential authorial comment- seeing the murder as a good thing and creating more sympathy for Tess.
- Confirming Tess as the heroine rather than the villain.
- Potential authorial comment- seeing the murder as a good thing and creating more sympathy for Tess.
- Rural people who live in traditional, old fashioned ways are portrayed as morally good
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