Alec and Angel both represent different figures in society; they are both from a fairly respectable and high class, but they symbolise different aspects of high society. Alec is the “evil” side of society, he doesn’t care for anyone else’s well being, not even his own mother’s, he seduces Tess not because he loved her, but because of his own need. He doesn’t even apologize for it until he “reforms” when he has a “calling from God”. He is described in great detail; his lips are described as “badly moulded”, even though they are red and smooth. This tells us that even though his rich lifestyle can keep him looking well, his natural features aren’t handsome. When Tess’s innocence and goodness meets him, they do not connect at all. Alec’s place in society enables him to get what he wants, but when he can’t get Tess through his feigned charm, he uses force instead. When evil and innocence clash, it only produces harm.
The place in which Alec lives in Trantridge is a mirror of Alec. The house, though expected to be old by Tess, is almost brand new. Alec, in a sense, is new too, at least to the name d’Urberville, because his now dead father bought the name to cover up his past. The house doesn’t blend in with the surrounding area: “…a rich red colour that formed such a contrast with the evergreens of the lodge.” The house is unnatural to the country side, along with its gardens and greenhouses. A greenhouse take plants that are out of season and makes them grow inside. Alec does not belong in the country side either; he is a man of industry and modern things. The only completely pure and natural piece of land near Alec’s estate is the forest; “one of the few remaining woodlands of England of undoubted primeval date.” But even this land is outside the boundaries of the modern estate. The only thing Alec has to boast about is his money, not family history or honour.
The Essay on Individual In Society A Dolls House
ENGLISH EXT TASK 1 - "Individual and Society" ("A Doll House") The word individual is used when referring to a single human being. In society, an individual is particular person, who is considered special, has a distinct character, and possesses a uniqueness that sets them apart from every other person. Although the concept of individuality seems to suggest difference and separation, all humans ...
Angel symbolises the “good” part of society. He is described as “wearing ordinary white pinner and leather leggings of a dairy farmer when milking, and his boots were clogged with the mulch of the yard; but …beneath it was something educated, reserved, subtle, sad differing.” White is the sign of purity, and his appearance, though typical of a dairy farmer, hasn’t covered up his good upbringing. Even his name tells us what to expect of him; angelicness and goodness, just like an angel. After Tess sees Angel at the dairy farm, his reason for not being a parson like his father is explained in a flash back. Angel doesn’t want to become a parson just because he is expected to, he has to believe in what he was preaching, and he doesn’t. This is proven when he orders a book of moral philosophy that doesn’t follow his father’s teachings. He wants to learn more about the academic side of God, not the spiritual side.
When the three girls get trapped in front of a deep puddle of water, Angel sees them as he didn’t go to church that day, because he “preferred sermons in stone to sermons in churches and chapels on fine summer days.” This means that he would rather stay outside and pray in nature then a church. He doesn’t follow tradition just because it’s tradition, and since his fathers teachings are based upon tradition and custom, he doesn’t feel the need to follow it. His father, who is deeply religious, doesn’t see how Angel could have been so different from his brothers who went to Cambridge and went on to be parsons. Angels rearing was typical of respectable religious people; brought up praying and living by the Bible, but Angel was very intelligent, and he realised that God was not always the answer, but man was: “He grew away from old association and saw something new in life and humanity.”
The Review on Of Mice and Men Book Report
In the book “Of Mice & Men” the two main characters are George and Lennie. The setting of the story seems to be set back in the early 1900’s or the late 1800’s by the dialect they use. The two characters have a unique relationship. The first character is a small quick man with strong features his name is George. The other man is very large with a shapeless face and is also quite slow his name ...
Angel saw that what man did was more important and affected everyone more then what God did. His enlightenment was to do with the fact that work and a proper job was more important than praying and hoping for something. When he first sees Tess at the dance near the start of the book, he regrets not asking her to dance because “She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.” Even at such an early meeting, he thinks of her as pure and perfect. This is one thing that shows that Angel is being held back by custom and conventionality.
In higher society, it is a man’s job to find a respectable woman who could take care of him and the house. Angel discovers that real work like farming is better then being a parson, so his individual task is to find a helpful woman to marry who could help with farming. Angel tries to cover up his obvious superiority to the other dairy workers by acting just like them and doing the same work. His enlightenment helps him find Tess, who would be the best person to help with a farm, he doesn’t care that she is below his class and not from a respectable family. On the contrary, he thinks that respectability should be measured by the qualities of a person, not by their family history. Tradition said that if you wanted to marry, you had to ask the permission of your parents. Angel, though he does not normally follow tradition, asks his parents for permission. His parents have never really understood his decision to become a farm hand, so he tries to make it up to them by telling them that Tess is a d’Urberville in an attempt to make her seem more respectable to their eyes.
When Angel marries Tess, he thinks of her not as a real woman with flaws and imperfections, but as a pure and virginal lady that is perfect in every way. This is what society deems the perfect wife to marry, and Angel, unwittingly, is living up to this. When Tess tells him of what Alec did to her, Tess’s perfect imagery fades away and Angel sees that she is just human after all. Angel doesn’t believe that he could ever love Tess because he thinks that she is a different person now, a normal woman. Even though Angel did almost exactly the same thing, it doesn’t matter because he is a man. Men are not expected to be pure.
The Essay on Dionysian Person Society Personality Mersault
Many books have been written by many authors that deal with a struggle between society and individual. Albert Camus' The Stranger (L''etranger) deals with this same topic, but it can be analyzed from a unique and very interesting point of view. The way of life of people can be analyzed by classifying them into two main forces that oppose each other. These forces were named after the Greek gods ...
Out of all his faults because of him still being enslaved by society, Angel has a mind that he uses. He soon realises that it was not Tess’s fault what Alec did to her, and he comes back. Tess, who in the mean while, has married Alec because Alec tricked her by saying that Angel will never come back, still wants him but thinks it is too late. Angel escapes from customs and conventionalities after he knows that Tess has done the most impure thing that a person can do; kill someone else. Even after this, Angel still loves her, even though he left Tess for much less, and proves that he doesn’t care about rules of society any more by running away with her. He knows that it can’t last long though, and he doesn’t try to struggle when the police catch up with them.
In conclusion, Alec and Angel are the same class but different aspects of that class. Alec tries to get Tess through seduction and fake charm. When he finally does get her, he doesn’t treat her how he should, and it doesn’t turn out alright. On the other hand, Angel didn’t put on any fake airs and graces, he acted like himself, and even when he left Tess, he came around to the fact that Tess was still the person he fell in love with. Even though it ended in tragedy, Angel was still enlightened by the relationship he had with Tess and she taught him how to forget tradition and images.
