... when Tess proclaims to Alec that " I will always be your victim,- yet in the end she murders him with a knife. These abrupt and unforeseen changes, like the other many examples in the novel, provide the work with several narrative engines that continually change the direction of the plot. Furthermore, Hardy's use of irony creates a certain dynamic in the work, ... of ferocity, haunt the beholder afterwards in his dreams."" It is descriptions such as these that bring every aspect of Tess of the D'Urbervilles to life and define the literary style which helped to make the work so successful...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate