Rather than taking responsibility for the dreadful accident Tess had with the family's horse, he sends her to the D'Urbervilles mansion to seek their name and fortune. Following this, when Tess delivers her baby upon returning from Tantridge, the reader once again sees John's true sides of how horrible he is and how he destroys his daughter, by not letting the parson come and baptize her child, Sorrow, yet he is on the verge of dying. Her son's name reflects just how miserable she is and how much pain she is going through, because of Alec.
Throughout these incidents the reader can see just how Tess is selfless andl oyal to her family and is focused on helping them, so she goes and seeks help from her family members. The outcome of this is unfortunately useable, her downfall.
Tess's journey to Tantridge and her introduction to Alex is the beginning ot a tragic ending. From day one Alec takes advantage of her selflessness and innocence. Upon her arrival at the D'Urbervill mansion Alec begins to take advantage of her, by forcing a kiss upon her when they are walking through his garden. When the time comes for Tess to return to Marlott, he begs her to stay and gives her mahy flowers. This, to some extent, foreshadows how Alec will not give up on having her for himself.
Tess's first real horrific life experience comes about on the night when Alec and Tess are returning from Chaseborough. Upon realizing that she is vulonerable and weak he takes the opportunity to seduce her. The consequence of this is her unexpected pregnancy, which results in the birth of Sorrow. She is so depressed and upset she does not tell Alec about the outcome of that night and leaves Tantridge. Unfortunately Tess's experience even with Alec results in a negative outcome.
Nex she begins her journey to Dairyman Crick's farm, after receiving aletter asking her to go there. Once more she sets her family as her priority and not herself, she proves to be selfless. When arriving at the farm, she is introduced to a fellow worker, Angel Clare. They being to be close friends and finally Angel confesses his love for her and asks her to marry him, but she refuses.
Tess had promised herself that she would never again trust a man, not even her new love Angel after what Alec had done to her. As the months go byk, she finally gives in to Angel and marries him. When Tess reveals her past to him following the wedding, Angel leaves her saing that he needs time apart from her and the unexpected trught about her past. This incident proved to be negative once more in Tess's life. She had finally begun to trust someone in her life and thought she had found someone she could trust and rely on, but this had not occurred.
Even though it was not intentional, Angel himself had driven Tess into Alec's arms, when he had left her. She was forced to go back to him, because of poverty and because of her family. When Tess found out Angel had returned from Brazil, she found the the only way out of her recently started relationship with Alec was by murdering him.
It is distressing how all three dominant male figures in her life had chosen to hurt her so immensely. Unfortunetly Tess is very influence by people, whihc leads her to face many horrible incidents throughout her life. She is selfless, loyal and weak which makes it easy for her father John, Alec and Angel to hurt her and cause her pain, which eventually caused her downfall. Therefore it is correct; the catastrophic downfall of Tess is due to the men in her life.