Tess Of The D'Urbervilles: Analysis Of Angel And Alec's Attitudes Toward Tess

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loved Tess for her innocece: "What a fresh and virginal daughter of
Nature that milkmaid is (176)." After he came from Brazil, Angel realized
that "The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its
achievements, but in its aims and impulses; its true history lay, not among
things done, but among things willed (421)." Angel loved Tess for her
intentions in the forest not her actions. The beautiness of Tess does not
diminish because of the rape because she did not "aim" for that to happen.
Angel's attitutude toward Tess in not of sexual nature and does not want to
take advantage of her. While Angel took Retty, Izz, Marian, and Tess over
the pool of water, he had a chance to kiss Tess but "It reminded Angel that
he was somewhat unfairly taking advantage of a accidental position; and he
went no further with it (203)." On the other hand, Alec attitude is purely
in a sexual nature.
From the first time Tess and Alec met, he took advantage of her.
The first incident ...

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try to change for Tess to love him like Alec did.
Alec's intentions toward Tess was completely bad. He does not care
if Tess loves him, he just wants her and does everything in his power to
accomplish this goal. Alec tried to change himself to get Tess to like him
and get close to her. For example, he became a preacher and when he found
out that she was already married, he renounced his preaching for Tess to
succoumb to him. Alec used Tess's family to get close to her. When Tess
came home to take care of her parents because they were sick, she began to
garden. Alec used this oppurtunity to take advantage of her. Not only did
Alec try to make Tess love him, he tries to ...

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