Summary Of Tess Of The D'Urbervilles

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Motivated by greed of becoming part of a higher class, with
no thought for Tess, her mother and father made the conscious choice to
send Tess to the D'Urberville mansion to acquire work and marry a wealthy
man.
While employed at the D'Urberville mansion, Tess was confronted
with her first major social dilemma whose name is Alec D'Urberville. The
young Alec is portrayed as a spoiled, almost evil person; a high class snob.
From the first time he laid eyes on Tess, he begins to seduce her. Hardy's
use of Alec D'Urberville and his relationship to Tess, sets the standard
for the cruelty of society in this novel. We (the reader) come to know that
Alec D'Urberville is the cause of Tess's social problems. That is, he has
no conscience, no morals and above all feels no remorse for his actions and
it reflects upon Tess. His seduction of her results in her pregnancy and
she chooses to leave the D'Urberville mansion. Hardy tells the reader that
the moral sin which Tess has experienced ...

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as her future husband in their most troublesome and
disturbing moral and social dilemma.
While working on the dairy farm, Tess happens to meet Angel Clare,
the man she will eventually marry. Angel and Tess fall in love and make
plans for their marriage. As their courtship continues, Tess knows in her
heart that she must tell Angel about her past. However, she fails to do so
for fear of losing him. She feels that the moral sin that she has
experienced will most certainly drive Angel away from her. One can argue
that there is no evil in this deception, only a young girl's fear of losing
her the man she loves and her future husband. The question here is that of
society's acceptance of this ...

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