Nile kills Abbott, the FBI agent who has been hounding him. It seems that the boy who ran over Agatha's son is still alive, perhaps being tortured. The Jarvis Yards project is in danger. AOC modeled character drumming up protestors. Nile's wife no longer seems like a partner in crime, just turned on by a little s & m. Surprising scene where Agatha spills her heart to her lesbian lover, asking to be let back into her life, and Ashley says--good luck with your life.
"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...
Comments
Post a Comment