The Impact of Societal and Parental Influences versus Individual Decision in Angel Clare
             In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urberville, a combination of society, parental influence, individualism, and indecision eventually lead to the downfall of Angel and those around him eventually. Moreover, society and heredity are not the primary factors of the catastrophe. Instead, in many critical instances Angel chose individualism and sometimes was drained into a perpetual state of indecision that brought about great pains to Tess and himself.
             *** Clare's parental influences are far from the heartless dogmatism of convention and carry much individualism and compassion (how, explain more about his earlier teachings :o). Therefore Clare's combination of parental hereditary and individual thought results in a confusion and indecision. *** As Hardy has shown us, Clare parents are not particularly adamant against remedying this disgrace that has already happened unlike Clare's un-accepting brothers and acquaintances. He also describes Mr. and Mrs. Clare as particularly sensitive to the needs of such a hurt woman...considerably needy. Mr. and Mrs. Clare the elders uphold responsibility in addition to strict morals and honor. Charity is still the best policy. In fact, from the very beginning, Mrs. Clare was suspecting this disaster of sorts and attempted to probe and warn Angel. Angel was independently minded enough to ignore this remark just as he ignored his father's tradition to send his sons to Cambridge. The few times Angel was independent-minded, he stirred up more trouble than it was worth. (why was this bad?)
             Therefore it is reasonable to deduce that Angel himself must have been thought about the virtue of charity beyond chastity. (you need to show that he did) Angel reflects his parents' tendency for compassion eventually. He is an odd blend of naivety and indecision. His indecision is show by how he sways back and forth forgiving and n...