Tess of the D'Urbervilles

5, Angel clare did more to destroy Tess than Alec did.(Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

1,The parson was right to tell John Durbeyfield about his connection with the d'ubervilles. (Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

2, Tess could have prevented Alec from seducing her.(Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

3, Angel's and Tess's guilty secrets were the same.(Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

4, Tess was as pure at the end of the story as at the beginning.(Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

5, Angel clare did more to destroy Tess than Alec did.(Agree or Disagree with this statement ? Explain Why)

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I suppose this is open for debate. Alec's rape of Tess changed her forever. If Angel had accepted Tess's painful past he could have literally saved her. Angel didn't and to a larger degree ruined Tess more than Alec. She had just married the sap when, in a poignant moment of truth, she is sent packing. Alec was a creep who exerted power over Tess; Angel destroyed her soul.

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