Entry #3 – Ellen Rooney’s Essay on Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Within Ellen Rooney’s essay, she attempts to make sense of some of the contradictions of terms that Hardy presents within Tess. These terms include rape, seduction/seductive, pure/pure woman, meaning, and consent. In this post, I will focus on Rooney’s attempt to piece together Hardy’s attempt to separate seduction from rape, and how it affects Hardy’s … [But wait, there’s more!]
