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Characters
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Symbols
Setting/ Conflict
Critical Thinking
100
Who returns home after the fight?
Tess. She goes back to her parents house.
100
"I thought you was married!- married really and truly this time- we sent the cider." Who said this?
Tess' mother- Mrs. Joan Durbeyfield
100
No question!
Double points! 200!
100
Angel gets sick in Brazil, how is he struggling?
He is apart of a desperate and falling community of British farmers.
100
Izz basically admits that she loves Angel. Do you think this will change anything?
Opinion based. My decision.
200
Who applied a biblical passage to Tess? Who broke down after this person said this (and more)?
Mrs. Clare read and applied a biblical passage to Tess, then also said that she was accepting Angel marrying her. After this, Angel breaks down thinking of what Tess told him happened to her in the past.
200
Who said this, and who was the character referring to?- "They was formerly styled 'sir,' like my own ancestry, though nowadays their true style, strictly speaking, is 'clerk' only."
Mr. Durbeyfield was talking to his wife, Joan. Telling her about the discussion the arose at the inn about the clergy and how it was originated because of the fact of Tess being married into a clerical family.
200
It was known that Izz loved Angel still. He wondered if she did more than Tess. What could this mean? If anything?
Opinion question. My decision.
200
Finally going to see his father, Angel walks down the hill leading up to the parsonage. How did he appear to be arriving?
It was almost as if he was coming as a ghost. Probably because of the fact that he had to face him and confess. No one was expecting him.
200
Tess' life basically seems to unravel around her, explain.
She remains loyal to her sense of self and to other people, the situation in which Alec and Angel have placed her in becomes impossible. The happiness she once knew was gone.
300
Who called Tess a fool? Why?
Tess' mother called her a fool after she'd told her that she told Angel about her past.
300
Who said this? "It was so dismal there that i left! I am staying out this way."
Izz.When she was talking to Angel after he asked where her home was.
300
When Tess went back to her parents home, she found that her room had been rearranged, things changed, there wasn't room for her anymore. What could this symbolize?
I believe this could be symbolized in many ways. I think it symbolized that her family was moving on with their lives, she was growing up and was expected to be out there living life on her own, to create a family of her own. If things were not real to her when she got there, they were then.
300
Why wouldnt Tess ask Angels parents for more money?
My decision based on your answer.
300
What did Tess do when she began to run low on money? Who was she afraid to ask for more from?
Tess dipped into the money Angel left her. Her parents used a lot of that money. Even though she needed more she was too scared to ask the Clares for any money.
400
Who had become weary and anxious?
Angel
400
"Tell Retty that there are more worthy men than i in the world, that for my sake she is to act wisely and well- remember the words- wisely and well-for my sake." Who said this and who were they talking to?
Angel to Izz.
400
No question.
JUST POINTS!!!!
400
Dipping back into previous problems, why did Angel and Tess split ways? Where did they both go?
After their confessions, they decided to leave each other for a while. Angel left town and Tess went back to her parents.
400
Why is Tess miserable?
Looking for an in depth response..
500
Who went to the bank? What did they deposit into the bank? And then who did the person take money out for?
Angel. He deposited the jewelry that Tess gave back to him and he took out additional money to have sent to Tess.
500
What is Tess talking about in the following quote: “Poor darlings—to suppose myself the most miserable being on earth in the sight o’ such misery as yours!”
She is referring to the birds that she had to kill.
500
Angel sends Tess a letter saying what? what do you think his point in sending it was ? What did Tess tell her family?
He was looking for work North....etc.
500
When Mrs.Clare read the biblical passage that directed towards Tess how did Angel feel?
Angel does not recognize Tess in the passage. He fails to see that he is not accepting Tess for who she is. Its almost as though he is being more judgmental than his mom, who seems to be adjusting.