Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" portrays the struggles of Tess Durbeyfield with the fateful incidents and misfortunes that mark the course of a tragic life. Tess, a beautiful peasant, struggles with many hardships throughout her life. She struggles with social class, the men in her life, Alec D'Urberville and Angel Claire, and the notion of being a pure woman.Fate plays an important role in creating almost inescapable circumstances in Tess Durbeyfield's life. For the first 16 years of her life, Tess and her family live in a middle class state of affairs in the town of Marlott. Her father John Durbeyfield is not in good health. He has little interest in working, and spends most of his time drinking. Upon returning to his home one evening, Durbeyfield meets a man named Parson Tringham who informs him that the Durbeyfield family is the "lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of the D'Urbervilles, who... came from Normandy with William the Conqueror." This news suddenly changes Durbeyfield's view on his family's lifestyle and he immediately decides that his family should be living as his knightly and noble ancestors once did. The family sends their eldest daughter, Tess, to see if the Du
Tess is isolated from the urbanized world, and spends her entire life in rural areas, working on farms to support her. Upon learning of Tess' misfortune as an abandoned wife, Alec attempts to help her, "What I want to ask you, will you put it in my power to. Tess displays a strong will to recover. So you can go from your word like that, you young witch, can you?" First impressions of Alec and Angel may lead you to believe that the men have many differences, however, upon closer examination, it becomes apparent that both characters are alike. If they had delved deeper perhaps they would have realized that purity was imbedded throughout the soul of the utterly lovely Tess Durbeyfield. Alec is manipulative and takes advantage of Tess' misfortune as well as her innocence. " After only her first encounter with Alec, she is curious and suspicious of his motives. She does not fear Angel the way she fears Alec. When pursuing her, Angel treats her with respect, while Alec takes away her dignity. "It was eleven o'clock before the family were all in bed, and two o'clock next morning was the latest hour for starting with the beehives if they were to be delivered to the retailers". Instead of following their hearts, they made choices in accordance with what others would think.
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