"SHE WAS DOOMED SEEN AND COVETED THAT DAY BY THE WRONG MAN, AND NOT BY A CERTAIN OTHER MAN, THE RIGHT AND DESIRED ONE IN ALL RESPECTS"
(PAGE 65, CHAPTER 5) Angel is that "exact and true" man, but Alec "see[s]" and "covet[s]" her first. Angel saw Tess on the village green, but she only made a "transient impression" on him then (5.72)—its not angels fault but fates
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'THOUGH NOT COLD-NATURED, HE WAS RATHER BRIGHT THAN HOT—LESS BYRONIC THAN SHELLEYAN; COULD LOVE DESPERATELY, BUT HIS LOVE MORE ESPECIALLY INCLINED TO THE IMAGINATIVE AND ETHEREAL.'
( PAGE 169, CHAPTER 31 (XXXI)) Angel is more interested in the spiritual side of love than the physical. Byron is a poet from the English Romantic period who had a reputation with the ladies, and Shelley was more about the spiritual and etherial
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"BUT WHERE WAS TESS'S GUARDIAN ANGEL?"
(PAGE 65, CHAPTER 1) The pun on Angel's name is so obvious that it's hard not to read that way—where was Angel at this point? Why had he not danced with Tess at the May dance, or turned back to ask about her when he caught sight of her?
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"AND TAKE THE COMPLETE FORTUNE-TELLER TO THE OUTHOUSE"
(Chapter 3, page 5)Her mother's superstition contrasts strongly with Tess's pragmatic realism. This is clearly a book that Mrs. Durbeyfield reads frequently, she interprets what the book tells her in the most superficial possible way.
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"AH, WELL MAY YOU ASK IT! IT WAS MY FATE, I SUPPOSE. TIB HAS KILLED ONE CHAP; AND JUST AFTER I BOUGHT HER SHE NEARLY KILLED ME. AND THEN, TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, I NEARLY KILLED HER. BUT SHE'S QUEER STILL, VERY QUEER;
(Chapter 8, page 2) Alec uses "fate" as an excuse, and Tess seems to accept his answer – "fate" is real to her.
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[W]HERE WAS PROVIDENCE? PERHAPS, LIKE THAT OTHER GOD OF WHOM THE IRONICAL TISHBITE SPOKE, HE WAS TALKING, OR HE WAS PURSUING, OR HE WAS IN A JOURNEY, OR PERADVENTURE HE WAS SLEEPING AND WAS NOT TO BE AWAKED.
(Last page of the maiden) This is a cynical remark, of course – and goes against all of the fatalistic language elsewhere. Hardy could be criticizing the views of the church in this situation.
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THE CLUB OF MARLOTT ALONE LIVED TO UPHOLD THE LOCAL CEREALIA. IT HAD WALKED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, AND IT WALKED STILL.
(CHAPTER 2, PAGE 8) Marlott is a holdover from the ancient springtime rituals of the pagans – "Cerealia," or festival to the Roman goddess Ceres, who was the goddess of the earth, agriculture.
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Under the trees several pheasants lay about, their rich plumage dabbled with blood; some were dead, some feebly twitching a wing, some staring up at the sky, some pulsating quickly, some contorted, some stretched out—all of them writhing in agony
(end of Chapter XLI) She compares the hunters and how they are considered civil people - reference to alec. It reflects her situation.
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Card 2
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( PAGE 169, CHAPTER 31 (XXXI)) Angel is more interested in the spiritual side of love than the physical. Byron is a poet from the English Romantic period who had a reputation with the ladies, and Shelley was more about the spiritual and etherial
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'THOUGH NOT COLD-NATURED, HE WAS RATHER BRIGHT THAN HOT—LESS BYRONIC THAN SHELLEYAN; COULD LOVE DESPERATELY, BUT HIS LOVE MORE ESPECIALLY INCLINED TO THE IMAGINATIVE AND ETHEREAL.'
Card 3
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(PAGE 65, CHAPTER 1) The pun on Angel's name is so obvious that it's hard not to read that way—where was Angel at this point? Why had he not danced with Tess at the May dance, or turned back to ask about her when he caught sight of her?
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Card 4
Front
(Chapter 3, page 5)Her mother's superstition contrasts strongly with Tess's pragmatic realism. This is clearly a book that Mrs. Durbeyfield reads frequently, she interprets what the book tells her in the most superficial possible way.
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Card 5
Front
(Chapter 8, page 2) Alec uses "fate" as an excuse, and Tess seems to accept his answer – "fate" is real to her.
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