Sunday, August 18, 2019
Hardys Tess of the dUrbervilles :: Tess of the dUrbervilles Essays
Tess of the d'Urbervilles               Through life people may fault, or get on the wrong side of the tracks. Yet hopefully they keep faith and then willingly they may recoup and redeem themselves by recovering. Many believe that, Tess in, Tess of the d'Urbervilles was a great example of this. In Hardy's Victorian age novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, he illustrates casual wrong, the will to recover, the growth of love, and death.               Almost everybody has done something casually wrong and not think much of it, many call this indifferent nature. Tess is no stranger to casual wrong. Throughout her life indifferent nature has occurred. Her parents were not the greatest of parents. She had a tough life, she was poor. When she met Alec d'Urberville, she was considerate and kind, but later on Alec took advantage of her and seduced her in a forest called the Chase,                               "He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his                                face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with                                hers. She was sleeping soundly, and upon her                                     eyelashes there lingered tears." 1 She then later fell in love with Angel, and married him. Angel found out about Tess' past experience with Alec, and he could not forgive her, even though it was all Alec's doing. Thus it is clear that casual wrong follows her and yet the wrong is not made by her.               Tess' true strength is her determination to overcome her misfortunes. When the Durbeyfields' horse, Prince died, Tess took control of the situation of the horse's death and the beehive delivery. She takes care of the kids and she had done well in school, even though Tess seems to go nowhere. Also when she leaves her job of taking care of the flock at the d'Urberville household, because of her experience with Alec, it showed she tried to take control of the situation. Even when Alec was following her home on his carriage asking her why she left,                               'Her lip lifted slightly, though there was little scorn, as                               a rule, in her large and impulsive nature. "I have said I                               will not take anything more from you, and I will not-I                               cannot! I should be your creature to go on doing that,                               and I won't"' 2 Indeed it is shown that Tess has a very strong will to recover.
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