... the description of the relationship between Tess Durbyfield and Angel Clare helps to elucidate the subtle shadings of their characters, for it is the nature of their love that reveals so much about them. On one hand there is Tess Durbyfield, a beautiful and simplistic farm girl who can affect a higher status by ... indiscretion, Tess still occupies the role of the heroine in the novel and at time exhibits the behavior of a martyr. As a result of her selfless nature, Tess is willing to suffer as long as her loved ones are comfortable. This is seen when Tess sacrifices the stipend Angel ga...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate