[Hardy-l] Tess

Mon Oct 13 08:53:48 PDT 2008

One of the most important things about Tess and Angel in the mansion, on their wedding night, is that they do not have sex - Tess's confession of her past (Alex's appropriation of her body) destroys Angel's image of Tess as a virginal fresh flower of innocence; he cannot see past his own 'Angelic' standards. This tragedy of misperception, while tearing the two of them apart, links everything in the story together.  Best regards, Joan Sheski

From: pauline.guerin at ntlworld.com
To: hardy-l at coyote.csusm.edu
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:54:20 +0100
Subject: [Hardy-l] Tess

Having just re-read the end of Tess, I agree with Terry that
the recent tv adapation was fairly true to the story, although there is no
mention of them having sexual relations in the mansion.  (Unfortunately, I
only got the chance to see the last episode, so I can’t comment on the
rest of it).

However, there was something vaguely irritating about it, as
though they had attempted to make it rather too surreal.  I don’t
know I can’t put a finger on it.  Maybe the comment about it having
been ‘Eastendered’ is exactly what the problem was, and I did feel
that there was something of a ‘nastification’ about it.

>Swearing, gratuitous sex,  titillating images,
outrageous invented 

>scenes and a general nastification are some of the
reasons for my 

>disappointment with a wasted 4 hour opportunity.

I would be interested to hear other views on the rest of the
series, because I have to say that having seen that last episode I would be
loath to see the rest.

Kind regards

Pauline

Pauline Guerin MA

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