Questions tagged [tess-of-the-durbervilles]
Questions related to Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891 – 1892). Use this tag with the [thomas-hardy] tag.
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In Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, did Alec marry or plan to marry Tess at the end of the story?
I do not think there is a clear answer, but I note that when Angel visited Tess’s family in his search for her at the end of the novel, Tess’s little brother, when he saw Angel, asked “is this the man ...
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Did Tess finally know that Alec was not a d'Urberville?
I have watched two film adaptations of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, in both of which Tess was made aware that Alec was not a true d'Urberville, but his family simply adopted the name. I'...
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How does the quote from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona connect with Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles begins with the epigraph
... Poor wounded name! My bosom as a bed
Shall lodge thee.—W. Shakespeare.
The source of this quote is one of Shakespeare'...
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Comparison of the portrayal of the female role in society between Jane Eyre and Tess?
I really can't get the differences of the female role in society and how they are seen by their families and by the society in general.
How can we compare the portrayal of the female role in society ...
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What's the significance of Liza-Lu?
In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, the character Liza-Lu (Tess's sister) plays a very minor background role throughout most of the novel, until near the very end when Tess says she wants ...
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Was Tess raped?
The first part of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles ends on an extremely dark and sinister note: Alec d'Urberville successfully gets Tess on her own in the middle of nowhere, and they end up ...
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What justifies the anti-Tess interpretation of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"?
Upon its publication, Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles inspired much debate as to whether Tess should be perceived as an innocent young woman thrust too early into the cruel world of men ...
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