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13 Cards in this Set
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"...carried in her right hand a..." |
"...carried in her right hand a peeled willow wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers." Shows Pagan Ideas |
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"..of the beautiful Vale of..." |
"...of the beautiful vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor..." Hardy creates verisimilitude |
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"...Tess's pride would not allow..." |
"Tess's pride would not allow her to turn her head again, to learn what her father's meaning was." Tess's pride is her fatal flaw. |
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"... her daughter, who had passed..." |
"...her daughter, who had passed the Sixth Standard in the National School under a London-trained mistress, spoke two languages..." Tess has been educated, unconventional of the pastoral character. |
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"The interior, in spite of the melody..." |
"The interior, in spite of the melody, struck upon the girls senses with unspeakable dreariness." The anti-pastoral. Tess's home life is appalling. |
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"And take the Compleate..." |
"And take the Compleate Fortune-Teller to the outhouse." Pastoral superstitions of Mrs Durbeyfield. |
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"When they were together the Jacobean..." |
"When they were together the Jacobean and the Victorian ages were juxtaposed." Due to industrial revolution, Tess and Joan are Two Hundred Years apart from one another. |
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"Tess is a fine figure 'o fun.." |
"Tess is a fine figure 'o fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest... but Joan Durbeyfield must mind that she don't get green malt in floor." Everyone can see the Tess's figure is more developed than her age, and what problems this might cause for her. Foreshadowing. |
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"...in serene disassociation..." |
"in serene disassociation from these two wisps of human life." Anti-Pastoral. Nature does not care. |
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"Which do we live on..." |
"Which do we live one - a splendid one or a blighted one?" "A blighted one." Nature doesn't care for the individual. |
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"Prince also stood firm..." |
"Prince also stood firm and motionless for as long as her could; until he suddenly sank down in a heap." Tess's Prince is killed. She will have no happy ending. She will also stand strong for as long as she can until she can bare no more. |
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"Her face was dry and pale, as though she..." |
"Her face was dry and pale, as though she regarded herself in the light of a murderess." Prolepsis - Flash Forward to Alec's murder. |
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"... in a slight distress she..." |
"... in a slight distress, she parted her lips and took it in." Pastoral dominated by Urban. Foreshadows rape. |
