Red and White
Red and white is a dynamic color combo. Candy canes. The Canadian flag. The fashion of both The Cat In The Hat and Waldo of Where's Waldo? fame. Oh, yeah: and the virgin/whore dichotomy in Tess of...
Cows
There's an awful lot of loving attention to detail in the descriptions of the cows at Talbothays Dairy, don't you think? We tend to think if you've seen one cow you've seen them all, but not Hardy....
Club-Walking
The club-walking scene at the beginning of Chapter Two has to be important, because it's the first time we see Tess. And what's she doing? She's participating in the modern form of what is actually...
The Chase vs. The Slopes
Speaking of Nature with a capital "N," we have to talk about the importance of The Chase. After all, one of the most important scenes of Tess's life takes place there. The Chase is all that remains...