Considering the attitudes to women in that time, in what way is Tess
A) The Victim
B) A Pure Women
During Victorian England, women were not treated fairly by today's standards. They became victims because society treated them differently to men. The character Tess from Tess of the d'Urbervilles was potentially one of these victims.
In Victorian times people used the idea of purity, an idea of adultery and divorce, and feminine sexuality to trap women. In Victorian Society, there were two types of women: 'Fallen' women and 'Good' women. Good women were women who were usually virgins upon marriage in other words they did not believe in sex before marriage, it was wrong and should only happen when men and women are wedded. They were either married or going to be married, had very little education, were trained in domestic affairs (sewing, cooking, housekeeping, etc.) and they had little or no voice over what was asked of them to do which again as I mentioned earlier is the domination of the male. These women were looked upon as pure and innocent, like children. As for fallen women they may well have had sex and were not virgins upon marriage, and were also not trained in simple things like sewing, cooking and cleaning.
A) The Victim
B) A Pure Women
During Victorian England, women were not treated fairly by today's standards. They became victims because society treated them differently to men. The character Tess from Tess of the d'Urbervilles was potentially one of these victims.
In Victorian times people used the idea of purity, an idea of adultery and divorce, and feminine sexuality to trap women. In Victorian Society, there were two types of women: 'Fallen' women and 'Good' women. Good women were women who were usually virgins upon marriage in other words they did not believe in sex before marriage, it was wrong and should only happen when men and women are wedded. They were either married or going to be married, had very little education, were trained in domestic affairs (sewing, cooking, housekeeping, etc.) and they had little or no voice over what was asked of them to do which again as I mentioned earlier is the domination of the male. These women were looked upon as pure and innocent, like children. As for fallen women they may well have had sex and were not virgins upon marriage, and were also not trained in simple things like sewing, cooking and cleaning.
