Tess

Carter 2022-04-20 09:02:19

Such a graceful woman, as sensitive as a hairspring, as pure as snow, why did she have to paint rough patterns on her body, as if it was destined? Why is it that the brutish takes possession of the exquisite, and the evil defiles the pure? ...Tess faced Alek's evil, and faced the slander and rumors that circulated everywhere, unyielding and stubbornly surviving. The author highlights the pure image with the rough, vulgar image, Tess makes this image strange, unique, natural, holy and passionate, the fiery love of the character and the strong hatred meet.

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Tess quotes

  • John Durbeyfield: I'm the head of noblest branch of the family and I got my pride to lean on.

    [passes out]

  • Alec d'Urberville: Tell me, do you like strawberries?

    Tess: Yes, when they're in season.

    Alec d'Urberville: Here they already are.