https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2019-03-21 13:59:49 UTC 2019-04-03 01:13:47 UTC hello@padlet.com oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343800342 Contrast paganism and Nature and the extreme religiosity of society and which benefits Tess more? ]]> 2019-03-21 14:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343800342 oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343810354 2019-03-21 14:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343810354 oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343812880 The contrast between paganism and Nature against societal religious extremism in Tess of the D'urbervilles forwards the critique of Christianity openly expressed by Hardy by making Nature Tess' escape from the harmful views brought on her by religion; therefore, celebrating paganism as a holistic alternative to what he felt was a restrictive and dangerous culture revolving around Christianity. 

]]> 2019-03-21 14:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/343812880 oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344165716   "When Tess feels guilty in comparison
 with nature, she is wrong, not because she, like nature, is actually
 innocent, but because in the natural world innocence and guilt are
 not at issue. Judging Tess and nature according to Christian values
 renders both guilty. Judging Tess and nature according to pagan
 values renders them both innocent."
"Tess herself, in spite of her Christian training, peoples the natural world with projections of her own imagination and emotions"]]> 2019-03-22 12:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344165716 oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344217671 Intro- 
-Talk about Hardy's relationship with religion 
-Talk about Tess,
Thesis- 
P1-
The contrasts of paganism and Christianity in aspects of the city and rural life.
Alec- representation of extremist christianity and the city 
Tess- Her pagan representations and the assaults affects on her. 
P2-  Tess' relationship with Christianity and the people around her/Hardy's critique (maybe 2 sep paragraphs)
-The billboards and the guy
-the preacher refusing to baptize her baby 
-her mother
-Alec but as a preacher (honestly could make this into an entire paragraph about his "redemption" and how it didn't work) 
P3 Nature and its affects on Tess/omens/symbolism
-Tess using the woods as an escape from guilt 
-all the bad omens given to Tess from Nature
-b i r d s 
- Stonehenge
There's going to be more paragraphs but i need to sleep

]]> 2019-03-22 13:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344217671 oglazier https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344231934 Paganism vs. Christianity in the country vs. city
country= more nature oriented. 
City= more organized like organized religion???

Tess herself is called by Angel Demeter and Artemis (104)  She's oftentimes surrounded by birds and Nature tends to call to her through omens
Angel- although definitely a terrible person, Hardy gives more respect to him as a fairly secular man. He is the one to title Tess as women from religion (Eve, Artemis, Demeter). Compared to every other male in the book he is the only one to be somewhat intelligent (what does this say about Hardy's views on religion)  While Hardy might proclaim atheism or some form of agnosticism in reality the notions towards paganism being positive makes me believe he had more respect  for paganism than typical organized religions. ]]> 2019-03-22 14:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/oglazier/80y0bo5docad/wish/344231934