Tess Of The D Urbervilles - Finding A Place In Life :: essays research papers

Finding A Place In Life          By hu world nature, people need a thought of belonging to be happy and fulfilled in life. It is more(prenominal) trying for some to achieve this goal than others. Having friends and being loved is an important begin of life for most people, yet if this is difficult for them to achieve, this goal could consume their life.     This is truthful in Thomas Hardys novel Tess of the dUrbervilles, where Tess, a descriptively pretty five-year-old girl goes to great lengths to find her place in the world. She moves from townsfolk to town searching for her place in society. She first settles in the city of Marlott where she leads a simple life. "Tess at this time of her life was a mere vas of emotion untinctured by experience" (Hardy 11). Tess continues to travel to different towns in hopes she exit improve her life by finding the person she wishes to spend the reprieve of her life wi th. Throughout all this disruption in her life, "she is an ambitious charr in search of a new sensation" (Hardy 15). She continues to travel because she wants more from life and has the ambition to attempt to find her place.      Tess had to cope with many threatening, dangerous, and wistful situations during her search. The first occurs when she arrives in the growing town of Tantridge. There she worked as a dairymaid on the Flintcomb-Ash Farm. Even with her dislike for this job she continues to work at it for over two years until she knows for certain that this is not her place in the world. As she "progresses (she) wonder whether it would be wiser to return home. The resolve, however had been taken, and it seems Vacillating to chuck out it now, unless for graver reasons" (Hardy 67). As she continues to live in Tantridge, she gets into fights, drinks, and ends up being ravish and impregnated. Alec is the man who attempts to convince Tess tha t she belongs with him, and that they were meant to be together. In her heart Tess realizes Alec is not the man she wishes to be with. Unfortunately she continues on in the one-sided relationship which leads to Alec raping Tess. She does not yet know how severe the consequences are for not being a pure woman. This idea of being a pure woman is so important in this period of time that Tess keeps it a secret til now from Angel, who is her new love and the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with.