Sketch Outline

Intro

This paper will prove: Tess suffers 'the cruelty of lust and the fragility of love' because of her family, Alec, and Angel.

Body

I know/believe this is true because

NOTE: you must be able to provide a minimum of three reasons/supporting ideas and because of the length of the paper and complexity of the novel, you may have four or five reasons. This is the part of the paper that will PROVE your thesis or convince the reader that you are on to something:

1. The first reason is…. Tess's family causes lust and love to her, in many various ways.

Specific Support from story you will reference:

-them wanting the best for Tess when she goes to Alec's to make something of herself

-the belief that they are of D'Urberville lineage harms Tess

-Tess' parents' love changes for her when she arrives home w/o Angel and they doubt her marriage

-Her baby Sorrow dying

What do the secondary sources have to say about this particular reason?

-I have not really found information regarding this. I am going based on mostly discussion our class had during the discussion posts and my own opinion.

--I will look for actual sources

2. The second reason is…. Alec is a main source of lust for Tess and a little love

Specific Support from story you will reference:

-Claims Tess as kin, he forces her to 'love' him---> he rapes her and she gets pregnant

-Basically stalks Tess at Flintcomb-Ash

-Makes her love him towards the end of the book and lies to her

What do the secondary sources have to say about this particular reason?

-Alec's betrayal of her really harms her

--mostly, again, just primary sources and personal/class opinions

3. The third reason is… Angel is another player in Tess' lust and love

Specific Support from story you will reference:

-The not mutual love between Tess and Angel

• Tess lusts for perfect life with Angel, but finds hurt

• Angel stopping loving Tess after her confession

• Tess and Angel's short reunion of love before her death

What do the secondary sources have to say about this particular reason?

-Angel is a very large part of the fragility of love Tess feels because she put everything she had into loving him and he let her down so much

--I need to look deeper into my sources to find more concrete evidence, even though everything is opinion oriented because it is one person's take against another's.

4. (Etc. for as many reasons as you have) The differences between Sue/Rose Mary/Tess

-differences off relationships between Sue/Rose Mary/Tess and Angel

-Angel's pursuit of Sue/Rose Mary/Tess is different

-different kinds of love with Angel

Conclusion

Advance and defend your argument/interpretation

Expand your thesis into a conclusion that makes clear your position, which should echo your analysis and discussion of the topics.

Throughout Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Tess goes through many trials and tribulations of love and lust. She discovers how fragile love is in many instances through interactions with her family, Alec, and Angel. Tess also is deceived into lust by these same people. Because these people are so close to her, whether by choice or force, they are in the most powerful position to influence Tess and do permanent damage to her.

Topic Proposal

TOPIC PROPOSAL:

1. Write down your preliminary thesis statement. What is your purpose in writing about this topic?

The love and lust Tess discovers and suffers from results from her experiences with her family, Alec, and Angel.

While reading the book I noticed how Tess always went up and down from lust to love and was always confronted with an issue. She never had an 'easy' day and her life was really complicated because of the three really main players in her life: her family, Alec, and Angel. I think it would be the most interesting topic for me to examine because I noticed it while reading the novel.

2. Who is your audience? What do you have to convince them to believe that they might not already believe?

My classmates of College Writing 1102 and my professor. I need them to see my point of view on how I believe Tess suffers because of love and lust. More deeply, I need them to see that there are certain reasons why/how she suffered.

3. What does your audience already know about the topic and what do you have to be aware of or avoid as a result?

They all have read the book, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, so they know what Tess goes through and what becomes of her. I need to avoid summarizing the book and telling them everything they already know. I need to make sure I give them new perspectives on how she suffered and in which way. I will have to try to make them see different aspects that they hadn't necessarily thought of before.

4. What modes of development do you think you will use in this paper? Circle and write a brief explanation of when/why you think you will use that mode.

Cause/effect- I think I will use it throughout the paper and say this happens and Tess feels this way, because... I believe I will try to base my paper somewhat on cause and effect. Because of love and lust this happened, etc.

Definition

Process- I might use process to show how the love and lust in her life leads up to certain events or aspects. It isn't the same throughout the book because with every new situation she encounters, she changes a little bit and her outlook changes too.

Classification

Exemplification

Comparison

5. Tell me a bit about your sources. Which articles did you decide to use? Why? How do you see yourself using their information in your paper?

*I looked at “Ways of Looking at Tess” by Janet Freeman and have found much information about how the way people perceived Tess has affected the way the way they reacted with each other. It will help me to prove the different ways her family, Alec, and Angel caused/gave lust and love to Tess.

*The essays in the back of the Tess book have a lot of different information in them and I think some aspects of each of them will likely be helpful. I am not sure how to get the required amount of information out of each because some of them are pretty short. The essay on pages 371-372 by Juliet Grindle and Simon Gatrell has a lot of information about Sue/Rose Mary/ Tess... I just need to figure out how to add that aspect into my paper.

*Pages 357-358 have an essay by Michael Millgate that helps explain the development of the characters and how they became who they are and how they are different than what is seen. It could help to prove the lust and love again. This one is shorter, so I don't know if the requirements could be met for amount of information used.