Tess Of The D'Urbervilles
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Some critics have said that fate conspires
against Tess, and that she is not responsible
for the things which happen to her. She
herself says, "I am more sinned against than
sinning." Do you agree or disagree? Support
your answer with evidence from the text.
As a person w ....
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.... word spoken between them. This is our first glimpse of Tess, and
even before we learn more about her, we know that her family is not well
off and that her father seems to be a bit of a drunk. Next, she is, to a
degree, railroaded into going to claim kinship to the d'Urbervilles.
"Å’Well, as I killed the horse, mother,' she
said mournfully, Å’I suppose I ought to do
something. I don't mind going and seeing
her, but you must l ....
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