[Hardy-l] Tess

[Niemeyer, Paul J.]

Not having seen the serial (here's hoping it makes its U.S. debut before too long), I wonder if the "Mansion" being referred to is the one in chapters 57-8, the one Tess and Angel stay in while Tess is on the lam.  If they didn't have sex there, I can't imagine what else they would have been doing!
 
Paul Niemeyer

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From: sheskijoan at hotmail.com [mailto:sheskijoan at hotmail.com]
Sent: Mon 10/13/2008 10:53 AM
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Subject: RE: [Hardy-l] Tess


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

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