Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Four main characters (and each describe a sentence)

Tess Dorbyfield - The main character, who was raped then married but shunned by her husband for being raped prior to their marriage, had an affair.

Alec Dorberville - He's the type of guy people in Dorbyfield think he's close, but Tess finds out he's not close. He falls in love with Tess and rapes her.

Angel Clare - Tess met him at Talbothay Farm and later fell in love, but divorced immediately after they got married.

Joanne Durbyfield - It is Tess' mother who urged Tess to find help in Dorperville just so that Tess should be raped, and Tess said not to mention the rape or the child to anyone.

2 minifigures (each describe in a sentence)

Marianne - She worked with Tess at Talbothay and fell in love with Angel as Tess, but after Tess married Angel she stayed strong and helped Tess find work after Angel left.

The Clare's These are members of the Angel family who didn't know about Tess' problems, but would have helped her if they had.

Three main settings (and one sentence description each)

Marlott - This is the hometown of Tess, where she grew up and returned after the Durberville incident.

Alec D'Orberville House - Tess entered this house after her family got into trouble and sought help from alleged relatives.

Talbothays - Tess came here in search of a new life and met Angel, whom she fell in love with and married despite competition from three other girls.

Draft plot in one paragraph

 The father of the Dorbyfields is walking home when he is told he is of the old lineage of the Dorbyfields, a family that was once powerful. Knowing this, he returns home happy and relays the message to his family. Although his current family comes from a formerly large family, they need help and decide to seek help from a relative named Dorberville. The family sent Tess to ask for her help. Tess went and started working with her. However, she found out that they were not part of the d'Urberville line and her name was changed to d'Urberville. I also found out that the son of the house, Alec, is not of good character. He rapes her and gets pregnant. You go home in a bad mood. She gives birth and works in the fields with the other girls. The baby dies and Tess decides to look for a new life elsewhere, as no one knows about her and the accident, after pledging to herself never to marry. She ends up in Talbothays as a milkmaid. There she meets three girls and a guy, Angel Claire, who works there. She and three other girls like Angel, but Angel chooses Tess. They fall in love and get married. However, Tess did not tell Angel about the rape and the child until the night after the wedding. Although he had an affair before the wedding, he got angry and left for America, where he falls ill. Meanwhile, Tess returns home desperate and tries to escape her fears. She meets Alec, who still loves her and continues to push her to marry him, saying that the angel will never return. Marianne, one of the girls Angel loved, Tess finds a job on the farm where she works. She worked there for a year before deciding to live with Alec. She lives with Alec for a while before Angel returns and expresses his continued love for her. To leave Alec, I killed him and went with Angel. On their way home, they stay at home for a week. However, when they leave, Tess is arrested for murder and executed. Angel marries Tess' younger sister as Tess' last wish.

Two symbols and references

Pillar with Handprint - This pillar symbolizes the guilt of a goat for adultery and murder. Alec says the Druids set it up as a punishment, while others say it was a cross. Tess was caught after sleeping on him.

Tess Baby - This baby symbolizes Tess' bad circumstances that were beyond Tess' control. It symbolizes innocence in some way, as this child was innocent and did nothing wrong, but society punishes him for coming from such an evil act. Tess was also innocent of the crime committed after the rape, but was nonetheless punished and pushed aside by society.

Two or three sentences about style

 Hardy's writing style is simple but verbose. His sentence structures are not very long or complex, but the complexity of his work comes from the way he uses multiple sentences. For example, he uses a lot of visual materials and describes the landscape in great detail. While it is not difficult to understand each individual sentence, it is the way the different sentences fit together to create a larger picture that sets them apart from other authors.

A sentence or two in mainstream philosophy

 This book is about the oppression of an innocent girl. Most of the consequences she experienced were not the consequences of her actions, which makes this story a tragedy in that sense which gives the book an atmosphere that you can try to have a good life for yourself, but you don't define your own. outcome.

Four typical short quotes for business (including speaker, occasion)

Raise your chin up for a moment so that I can get a better picture of your face. Yes, that's the nose and chin of Durberville - a little humiliating. Your ancestor was one of the Twelve Knights who helped Lord Estremavilla of Normandy in the conquest of Glamorganshire. Your family has mansions all over this part of England; their names appear on pipe rolls in the time of King Stephen. In the reign of King John, one of them was wealthy enough to give a mansion to the Knights Hospitaller; ... In short, 'the parish priest concluded, slapping himself hard on the His leg, 'There is hardly any other family in England.' He asked for help »Urbervilles. Although the pastor regrets sharing this news with Durbeyfield, the tone with which he said shows that he was trying to cheer Durbeyfield.

"Let me kiss those raspberry lips, tess, or even that warm cheek, and I'll stop—on my honor, I will!" Alec says this to Tess as he drives her home. He drives too fast for Tess and says that if she kisses him, he will slow down. This indicates his basic personality and foreshadows the future pain he will inflict on him.

“Oh, Tess, forgiveness does not apply to falling! I was a person. Now you are another person. Oh my God - how can forgiveness satisfy such strangeness - a presidency like this! "The angel said this to Tess after they had revealed their sins to one another. Here his hypocrisy is shown. While he has committed a similar crime (worse in my opinion) related to an affair, he will not forgive Tess for raping her while she forgives him with all her heart."

She said, a beginner. "Have you come for me? ... So it should be ... an angel, I am almost happy - yes, happy! This happiness cannot last. It was too much. I had had enough; now I will not live to despise me! .. I Ready.” Tess says this to Angel after she finds the soldiers who have come to arrest her. This statement makes it clear that she is ready to go and knows the seriousness of her murder. She knew before that accident, that after committing such a crime, she could not live happily and knew she would face the consequences, and she died peacefully knowing she was fine with Angel.