Theory question 206
Other Set Texts: Non-African ProseLiterature 3. Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Comment on the author's use of symbolism in the novel.
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Model answer
Colour red: blood, roses, Prince's death, Tess's ribbons; foreshadows violence.
Stonehenge: pagan sacrifice; Tess as victim.
The death of Prince the horse.
Seasons and landscapes (Talbothays fertility versus Flintcomb-Ash barrenness).
The threshing machine; the d'Urberville portraits.
Explanation
Name symbols and explain them.