... them would have escaped their eventual tragic end. In fact, almost every chance that Tess takes and every coincidence she encounters brings her sorrow in the long run. For example, she took a chance to aid her parents by going to the market for them, but she ended up killing the family's ... of whom the ironical Tishbite spoke, he was talking, or he was pursuing, or he was in a journey, or he was sleeping and not to be awaked."(93) Other characters seem to buy into the idea of fate as well. At the dairy, Angel chooses Tess over the other dairymaids who love Angel ... , nature can also t...

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