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How is loss presented in A Thousand Splendid Suns and in Tess of the D'…
How is loss presented in A Thousand Splendid Suns and in Tess of the D'ubervilles?
Loss of tradition is utilised by Hardy and Hosseini to criticise the dangers of rapid societal change
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A02: The destruction of Afghan culture at the hands of Afghanistan's tumultuous switch between regimes, and eventually the dominance of the Taliban, is utilised by Hosseini to criticise its effects
'That is the story of our country, one invader after another'
The hyperbolic explanation of Afghanistan by the taxi driver as a perpetual victim of external interference emphasises to the reader the extent to which such interference dominates its history
A03: The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan act as a microcosm for the destruction of Afghan culture and history. Indeed, the emphasis placed on the buddhas during Laila, Tariq and Babi's day trip foreshadows the Taliban's destruction of them.
Tess of the D'ubervilles
The trashing machine as a hellish symbol is utilised as a tool through which Hardy criticises the disruption of ruralism
Hardy was a harsh critic of growing industrialism, aligning himself with ideas prevalent in ruralism / naturalism and was contemporaries with painters such as
'a timber-framed construction, with straps and wheels appertaining—the threshing-machine which, whilst it was going, kept up a despotic demand upon the endurance of their muscles and nerves.'
A01: Loss (as in death) is a driving point in the lives of Tess, Laila or Mariam
A02:
'With Nana hanging on the end of it'
A short simple sentence at the end of the chapter which emphasises its resolution. The chapter moves quite quickly which also emphasises the speed in which things can change or upturn Mariam's life
'The seed for what she did was planted long ago' - possibly the exploration of the suicide as an inevitable climax furthers its catalytic effects
The death of prince the horse is of course the initial loss in Tess' life that affects its events, explore how the symbolism of her reverie before its events is foreshadowed as a reccuring motif throughout the rest of the novel. The death of prince, Tess feels responsible for, which encourages her to 'claim kin' at Trantridge
A02: The death of sorrow 'The calmness which had possessed Tess since the christening remained with her in the infant's loss.
'The girl-mother replied in a grave affirmative'
the emphasis on Tess as a '
girl mother'
heightens the readers' sympathy for Tess as she struggles to grapple with her trauma, she then of course leaves for Talthobays
A03: Tess worries that Sorrow could end up in hell due to her not being christened. This causes her immense distress.
'where all unbaptised infants, notorious drunkards, suicides, and others of the conjecturally damned are laid.'
There is a clear division in society between those who have lived a good life, and those who are sinners, many of the sinners as included in the quote are struggling as a result of class oppression. This divide between saints and sinners is arguably that of class division. Also, due double standards placed upon women, the blame is placed upon Tess when the impregnation was not her fault, she is held responsible for Alec's actions
Loss of innocence
Tess of the D'ubervilles
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Why didn't you tell me there was danger? Why didn't you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks
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Tess loses her innocence at the hands of Alec, and is ultimately punished for it during her descent into that of the 'fallen woman'
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The descent to the ultimate loss of Mariam's innocence is initiated by the death of her mother
This degradation of innocence is then consolidated and perpetuated by her time in Kabul
In both texts, Hardy and Hosseini explore the loss of innocence on the part of Mariam, Laila and Tess