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Hardy continues to describe Angel's curiosity in Tess, and he writes, "he seemed to discern in her something that was familiar, something which carried him back into a joyous and un-foreseeing  past."

Tess's reaction to this reveals softness in her character, as Hardy compares her to a tame pet, "with the constraint of a domestic animal that perceives itself to be watched." However, through the language linking to images of weariness and vulnerability, the readers are reminded of Tess's caution.
Nonetheless, Tess and Angel's budding relationship is filled with promise and possibility.

Hardy also reveals that Tess starts to fit in and feel more comfortable in Talbothays. She works in harmony with her surroundings, and her job seems to come naturally to her, "Tess, like her compeers, soon discovered which of the cows had a predilection for her style of manipulation." Hardy relates her to the other girls at Talbothays, and therefore establishes a comforting environment where Tess can grow and flourish at her own pace. Instead of the scene with Alec’s mother and the birds where she is forced to do something physically challenging for her, these skills come easily to her and she fits in.

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Read the article on women in Tess in your classnotebook.

There is extra reading below if you fancy it!

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http://www.sussex.ac.uk/skillshub/critical_writing/pdf/English%20Lit%20-%20Tess%20of%20the%20d'Urbervilles.pdf

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has a mouth ‘delicately lined’ with a ‘firm close of the lower lip’. links to Tess’ ‘peony mouth’ and Alec’s ‘curled’ lips. angel’s ‘holy’ nature clearly contrasts with Alec’s villain-like introduction.

the fact that he is a ‘six-months pupil’ at multiple farms as an ‘agriculturalist’ shows a parallel with Tess who is also often at one with nature and outside.

like tess, we also see a rejection of conventional religious ideals from Clare. the fact that he has bought a book containing non-religious philosophies causes his father to become ‘pale and dejected’. He too, is at war with people who want him to conform to the church.

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“His entry into the ranks of the agriculturalists and breeders was a step in the young man’s career which had been anticipated neither by himself nor by others”
“The only son who had not taken a university degree, through he was the single one of them whose early promise might have done full justice to an academically training”
“Something nebulous, preoccupied, vague in his bearing”
“No very definite aim or concern about his material future”
“His object being to acquire a practical skill in the various processes of farming”

Identify 3 themes that are present.
Indecisión
Disappointing your parents
Being an outsider in society

Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.
“Mr Clare winced as if he had been struck. He went home pale and dejected, and called Angel into his study”. - This shows the overbearingness of Angel’s family and the unconventionality of Angel’s path and ideology further, through the extreme, excessive reaction of his father

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-Angel is contrasting to Alec, as he is described more through a simple melody rather than the villainous looks.
-here it is emphasised that she is a part of nature and hold a lot of power.
-It is a key moment that Angel and Tess meet in nature,rather than next to a superficial house as it emphasises the innocence of their relationship in this moment.
-There are, however, moments of foreshadow and destruction which shows the tension of the chapters to come and Tess’ downfall.

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Choose 5 significant quotations from your page(s).
-‘It was a typical summer evening in June, the atmosphere being in such delicate equilibrium and so transmissive that inanimate objects seemed endowed with two or three senses, if not five’
-‘There was no distinction between the near and the far’
-‘Dim, flattened, constrained by their confinement, they had never appealed to her as now’
-‘Tess like a fascinated bird, could not leave the spot’
-‘though near nightfall, the rank-smelling weed-flowers glowed as if they would not close for intentness, and the waves of colour mixed with the waves of sound’
-‘a piece of day left behind by accident, dusk having closed in elsewhere’

Identify 3 themes that are present.
-nature
-mystery
-romance

Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.
-‘She went stealthily as a cat through this profusion of growth, gathering cuckoo-spittle on her skirts, cracking snails that were underfoot, staining her hands with thistle-milk and slug-slime, and rubbing off upon her naked arms sticky blights which, though snow-white on the apple-tree trunks, made blood-red stains on her skin’

-the ‘blood-red stains’ contrast to the ‘snow-white tree’ and foreshadows the murder of Alec, In addition to this, Tess is placed among the light scenery and Angel sees her as pure as this scenery, not knowing about her past. The stains also mark her out as a fallen woman.
-The ‘cracking snails’ is a destructive moment, and shows Tess’ power in nature in this phase.

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Choose 5 significant quotations from your page(s).
- “Tess, like her compeers, soon discovered which of the cows had a predilection for her style of manipulation.”
- “Her fingers having become delicate from the long domiciliary imprisonments to which she had subjected herself at intervals during the last two or three years.”
- “There were eight in particular”... “though the teats of one or two were hard as carrots, gave down to her with a readiness that made her work on them a mere touch of the fingers.”
- “She had spoken so earnestly to him.”
- “She walked in the garden to continue her regrets that she had disclosed to him her discovery of his considerateness”

Identify 3 themes that are present.
- Development from being trapped indoors: changing and becoming stronger after her isolation. Physically stronger while doing hard work, and mentally she is better.
- Becoming part of the community: happiness in this world
- Growing closer to Angel: innocent ‘first love’

Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.
“She said, blushing; and in making the accusation symptoms of a smile lifted her upper lip gently in the middle, in spite of her.”
- Moment of change for Tess: Angel has brought her into a world of lightness and happiness rather than darkness
- Rather than being forced to hide her pain and reservations, she is now attempting to hide her smile. Different experience from the ones she has with Alec- healthier, better experiences for Tess. It seems like life is changing for Tess.
- Genuine happiness for Tess “in spite of her”- real emotion that she isn’t able to repress
- She seems like a “blushing” schoolgirl rather than a woman who has undergone horrific trauma, a healthier way to grow up and have innocent flirtations
- She is not used to having genuine, real relationships with men: moment where she speaks “so earnestly” to him- feeling comfortable in their relationship

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Angel physically resides on a higher level to the rest of the dairyfolk- 'his room was an immense attic... it could only be reached by a ladder'. Imagery of him being a god-like figure/ an angel, nobody climbs the ladder except for him, he's on his own echelon that none of the others can reach. Also, 'strumming an old harp', imagery of the traditional angel/cherub up above in the clouds strumming a harp or lyre, visible in art history.

'He preferred to read human nature by taking his meals downstairs'- he is entirely set apart from everyone else, is not defined as 'human nature' himself, but something superior, and physically descends to observe it.

'The conventional farm-folk of his imagination- personified by the pitiable dummy known as Hodge'- Angel has stereotypical, pre-conceived notions of 'farm-folk' as a generalisation. He describes the lifestyle as 'retrogressive and unmeaning' and comments 'Sitting down as a level member of the dairyman's household seemed at the outset an undignified proceeding.' He comes from somewhere superior, ideas of status and Angel defying social conventions to integrate himself with the dairy people. It is evident that he originally generalises them into one bloc.

However, the imagery of one, unvarying 'Hodge' representing the entirety of the dairyfolk then disintegrates, as Angel realises 'men everyone of whom walked in his individual way the road to dusty death'. Lily analysed this quote below :)

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Links into Hardy's views on religion - ;i cannot ve ordained... while she refuses to liberate her mind.'
'honour and glory of man' - Hardy's views

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Hardy describes Angel in this section through the use of light, positioning him next to window in his introduction. This not only highlights his 'holier' nature due to his connection with the colour white but it also showing his superiority by separating him from the group. As well as this, Hardy explores Angel's educated nature by describing him as reading whilst the other eat. We also see is connation to music, and furthermore, his connection to Tess, as he compares her to a flute. Finally, Hardy presents Tess's spiritual nature when she describes dissociating.

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Choose 5 significant quotations from your page(s).
'the light from the long, wide, mullioned window opposite shone in upon his nook'
'by Mrs Crick's orders, who insisted that he was too genteel to mess at their table'
'Clare, sitting abstractly reading from some book, periodical, or piece of music '
'is to lie on the grass at night and look straight up at some bright star'
'What a fluty voice one of those milkmaids has!'
Identify 3 themes that are present.
privilege
music
light
Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.
'What a fluty voice one of those milkmaids has!'
The reference to Tess's voice being like a 'flute' suggests that Angel admires her as seen by his previous admiration for music. Furthermore, his inability to name her suggests that Angel is disconnected from those of the lower class, despite his attempts. Finally the use of an exclamation mark indicates that Alec's emotion is real, highlighting the love connection between them.

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“What he valued even more than a competency- intellectual liberty”
“The conventional farm-folk of his imagination- personified by the pitiable dummy known as Hodge”
“Men every one of whom walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death”
“He became wonderfully free from the chronic melancholy which is taking hold of the civilized races with the decline of belief in a beneficent Power”
“He had made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had before known but darkly- the seasons in their moods, morning and evening”

Identify 3 themes that are present.

Individuality
Status
Defying societal standards

Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.

“Men every one of whom walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death”
This shows that Hardy believes that people are often defined by a stereotype or archetype and there is more depth to humans, who all experience unique lives and are sometimes hindered in expressing their individuality by being labelled as one of the “farm-folk”, for example.

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'I cannot be ordained... while she refuses to liberate her mind"

"Straightforward and simple-minded vicar"

"Not merely religious, but devout"

"What is the good of... stinting to give you a good education if it is not to be used for the honour and glory of God?"

"I will do without Cambridge"

Identify 3 themes that are present.
Liturgy
Rejection'
Education

Choose just one quotation and explore its deeper meaning.
'I cannot be ordained... while she refuses to liberate her mind"

This shows how Hardy clearly likes Angel as he agrees with Angel's views on the church's inability to shift based on situation. It also shows that Angel is different - he's more open-minded than the rest of his family and gebneral society.

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Lovely farmers getting along well

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