Research Paper On Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy was originally published in 1891, but has been republished by Signet Classic in February of 1999. This story takes place in the 1800’s, and a young girl named Tess Durbeyfield is faced with many difficult challenges in her life. Even though Tess is faced with a troublesome life that she was not ready for, she continues to find the meaning for life. Tess faces many difficult and challenging events that causes a domino effect, and with these events she becomes a mature young woman throughout the story. Tess’s hardships began the night her father, Jack Durbeyfield, was told from a curious parson that their family comes from a long line of D’Urbervilles. This one event causes …show more content…
She makes new friends at the dairy farm as well as a young man named Angel Clare. Meeting Angel causes many multiple effects in Tess’s life, and it all begins with when they met. Angel notices Tess for the first time at the dairy farm, since she is new, and he as well had a connection with her. A few years ago Angel met Tess at a dance in her hometown, but Angel did not dance with Tess even though he regret it when he had to leave. However, this time Angel begins to pursue Tess this time around and she begins to have feelings towards Angel as well, but she has made a promise to herself that she will not ever get married. After a while they fall in love and then decide to get married, but Tess is worried about what Angel will think of her when she tells him her past. The multiple effects of Angel pursuing Tess, them falling in love, and then getting married is all from when Tess meets Angel when she gets to the dairy …show more content…
Angel does not really believe Tess at this moment, but decides to go ahead and run away to be together. Eventually the law enforcements find Tess and Angel, but she was ready for them to take her away. She was almost happy knowing that her life would be over and she would not have to deal with the guilt and pain inside her. Tess follows the law enforcements with no desire of trying to get away, because she was ready to end her life and soon after they take her she is executed. The obvious cause of Tess getting executed is that she knew killing Alec was a crime, and that she would have to face the consequences. The underlying cause is that Tess was never happy with her life after what had happened to her when she was