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Tess of the d'Urbervilles                  Some critics have said that fate conspires                  against Tess, and that she is not responsible                  for the things which happen to her. She                  herself says, "I am more sinned against than                                    sinning." Do you agree or disagree? Support                  your answer with evidence from the text.         As a person who believes that many things are un-avoidable, no matter how careful you are to avoid them, I believe that Tess's life was tragically …

…be together.         Fate, along with tragic irony play a large part in this novel. As stated before, some events are out of our control and cannot be prevented by any amount of planning. It seems hard to believe that all of this could happen to one purpose without there being a purpose. Perhaps the purpose was that of Angel and Liza-Lu to become involved. Possibly, that was not the purpose, but there must be one.