Alec D'Urberville

Physical Appearance
1. swarthy complexion"
2. "full lips, badly moulded, though red and smooth"
3. "a well-groomed black moustache with curled points"
4. "Despite the touches of barbarism in his contours, there was a singular force in the gentleman's face, and in his bold rolling eye."
5. "I'm sure he wears a beautiful diamond ring!"
Temperament/ Mannerisms
1. "a figure came forth from the dark triangular door of the tent. It was that of a tall young man, smoking."
2. "I like foolish things"
3. 'In Control'/ knowing
  1. "the young man was pressing"
  2. "He conducted her about the lawns"
  3. "He watched her pretty and unconscious munching through the skeins of smoke that pervaded the tent, and Tess DUrbeyfield did not divine, as she innocently looked down at the roses in her bosom"
  4. "Well, I'm damned! What a funny thing! Ha-ha-ha! And what a charming girl"
Adressing Tess
1. "my big Beauty"
2. "hey rosy lips curved towards a smile, much to the attraction of the swarthy Alexander."
3. "my dear"
4. "my pretty girl"
5. "my pretty Coz"
6. "Alec D'Urberville's eyes to rivet themselves upon her."
Tess's Opinion
1. "The embodiment of a D'Urberville differed even more from what Tess had expected than the house and grounds had differed."
2. "She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face... furrowed with incarnated memories representing in hieroglyphic the centuries of her family and England's history."
3. "I don't quite like Mr D'Urberville!"
Foreshadowing
1. "in a slight distress she parted her lips and took it in."
2. "behind the blue narcotic haze sat the 'tragic mischief' of her drama"
3. "he who was to be the blood-red ray in the spectrum of her young life"
4. "she was doomed to be seen and marked and coveted that day by the wrong man"

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