In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess Durbeyfield is presented as a woman destroyed by the rigid moral codes and social hypocrisies of Victorian England.

(a) Trace the key events that lead to Tess's social downfall and eventual execution. [8 marks]
(b) How does Hardy use the character of Angel Clare to expose the double standards of Victorian morality? [7 marks]

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In Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess Durbeyfield is presented as a woman destroyed by the rigid moral codes and social hypocrisies of Victorian England.

(a) Trace the key events that lead to Tess's social downfall and eventual execution. [8 marks]
(b) How does Hardy use the character of Angel Clare to expose the double standards of Victorian morality? [7 marks]

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