Clyde promoted because he is family. Staying at low job is unsuitable and makes his uncle look bad. Also the uncle likes him. This is not true of his cousin Gilbert who sees Clyde as a rival and makes it clear that Clyde is not really "fit" to be in the family. Clyde wants to divorce himself from dis "low " friends, but the sex appeal of girls like Rita will be hard to defeat. He is put in charge of the "stamping" part of the factory, a room peopled entirely by young girls. Clyde tries not to be interested, but he is young and male and girls are throwing themselves at him. So . . .
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"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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