Tess of the D'Urbervilles quotes

quotes showing tess depression

-a blighted one
- viewed herself in the light of a murderess
- i am ready

Tess Quotes showing her fate

-where was tess guardian angel
i am ready

tess being controlled by others

joan- survey her work

animal imagery

-was warm as a sunned cat
- domestic animal
-he saw the red interior of her mouth as if it had been a snakes
sunned cat

tess in a trance

‘tess was in a dream’
‘like one in a dream’
‘ she fell asleep’ ‘ let her finish her sleep’ ‘stood around watching her
‘sandbourne… like some fairy place’

tess standing out from other characters’

‘ wore the faintest aspect of reproach that he had not chosen her’
‘white figure stood apart from the hedge alone’
‘a divine personange’
she was no longer a milkmaid but a visionary essence of woman
three leahs to get to one rachel

alec as a villain

‘he who was to be the blood red ray in the spectrum of her young life’
‘giving far more attention to tess’ moonlit person’’
‘thats what every woman says’

tess associated with old places

‘the primeval yews and oaks of the chase ‘
‘ the heathen temple… now i am home

tess class

‘you ought to have been more careful’

tess’ innocence

‘a childs child’

tess power

‘a divine personage’