Analysis Of Tess Of The D Urbervilles

The novel, Tess of The D’urbervilles consists of seven phases in which each is significant to the novel as a whole. Each phase mirrors each other and plays a different role in helping to give a fuller understanding to the overall plot of the novel. Phase one begins with Tess and her family finding out that they are descendants of a noble family, the D’urbervilles. The following day, her father becomes too tired and drunk to send the beehives to the market which leads Tess no choice but to take the load of beehives before the Saturday market begins with her brother. During the journey, she meets with an accident that causes her horse, Prince to die after it is pierced by a local mail cart. This causes Tess to feel guilty due to how it will affect her family economically. She then decides to work in Trantridge where she meets the son of Mrs. D’Urbervilles, Alec who courts Tess and eventually sleeps with her. These events that take place in phase one is important to the novel as a

One of the overall themes of the novel which is decision-making begins in phase one where John and Tess make major decisions ends up changes the route of their future. Other than that, through phase one, readers get a hint of Angel’s character and are able to foresee his future appearance in the rest of the novel. The last setting of phase one is also the beginning of Tess’s downfall in the next few phases and prepares the readers to expect a turn of events. If the events and decisions that were made by Tess or any other character were different in this phase, Tess would have most probably lived a different life. Therefore, without the important events that take place in phase one, the rest of novel would be missing an important piece as a