Tess of the D'Urbervilles quotes

Alec's possessiveness over Tess

'I was your master once, I will be your master again!'

Description of the forest (The Chase) where Tess is raped:

'Darkness and silence ruled everywhere'

Tess describing Angel as is he's her saviour:

'His soul is the soul of a saint'

Description of Tess implying she is provocative:

'The middle of her top lip was distracting, infuriating, maddening.'

Tess is vulnerable:

'Where was Tess' guardian angel?'

Angel's misconceptions and spiritual ideas of Tess:

'The woman I have been loving is not you.'

Bleakness of Flintcomb-Ash:

'Starve-acre'

Cleanliness of, fresh start at Talbothay's:

'The air was clear, bracing, and ethereal'

Description of Marlott that mirrors Tess:

'Secluded', 'Bounded', 'Engirdled', 'Fertile'

Description of 'The Slopes' creating a class divide between Tess and Alec:

'Everything looked like money'

Tess is happy in her work and relationships but Foreshadowing

‘Possibly never be so happy again’

Angels sleep walking and his despair and foreshadowing fate

‘Dead, dead, dead!’ Stone coffin in a ruined chapel