Tess of the D'Urbervilles

The symbolism and allusion of 'Tess in the stone coffin in the "ruined choir'.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Novel by Thomas Hardy

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The stone coffin in the ruin represents the death or near-death of their relationship. Angel can't get his thick head around the idea that Tess once had relations with another man.

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