Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess has many qualities that, though help her in her survival, attract unwanted attention to her. Tess is attractive, hard working, responsible, courageous, independent, and enduring, as well as proud and dignified, as when shown when Angel calls her after Greek Goddesses. These qualities, however, make Tess’ life much harder upon her. Due to Tess’ sense of responsibility, she goes off to the D’Urbervilles’ farm. Because of her attractiveness, Alec D’Urberville begins to like her, and because Tess acts independently of everyone, she has no one to protect her from Alec. Because she is dignified and enduring, she tells no one of her new burden, courtesy of Alec. Again, since she is independent, she leaves Alec and goes off to look for a different job, a job to which she wants to be committed to.

She sincerely attempts to remain unnoticed in her new workplace, but, because of her attractiveness and hard work, Angel Clare notices her. He se

However, Tess’ life seems to be affected much by fate, or luck, to a large degree. While, in the beginning of the book, Tess travels to the D’Urbervilles, Tess’ horse dies. Alec takes advantage of this little game of fate by giving the Durbeyfields a new horse, therefore indebting Tess to him. Then the incident on the way to the D’Urbervilles’ farm shows another aspect of fate. Tess gets into a fight with the other workers, Alec happens, by luck, to be near the place, and he “rescues” Tess, then raping her, as she falls asleep. While the rape can be attributed to Tess’ attractiveness, Tess’ nap and Alec’s arrival while she is asleep are both features of fate. Tess leaves Alec pregnant, and soon after she gives birth, her baby dies. Tess goes off to find another job, and there she meets the man with whom she did not dance at the Spring Carnival, in the beginning of the novel. Then, as Thomas Hardy puts it, “They met continually; they could not help it.” Tess soon agrees to marry Angel; she attempts to tell her fiancé of her incident with Alec, but with no luck (play on words). The letter she has written finds itself under Angel’s mat, never discovered by anyone. Angel, after hearing Tess’ confession right after the wedding, leaves Tess.

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