In the novel "Tess of the d'URbervilles," the role of fate goes through Tess. Tess, obviously, has a lot of bad luck, but her own emotional nature is what leads her to kill Alec. As a person who believes that many things are unavoidable, no matter how careful you are to avoid them, I believe that Tess's life was tragically destroyed by the hand of fate. It is obvious through the words and actions of Tess that she only wanted to have a calm, normal life. However, it seems that she was chosen to be on the receiving end of continuous hardships. .
From the very beginning of the novel, Tess receives the short end of the stick in almost every scene. She is one of the girls who doesn ¹t get to dance with the strange young man before he returns to his brothers. Although they exchange looks at each other, he runs off into the night without a word spoken between them. This is our first glimpse of Tess, and even before we learn more about her, we know that her family is not well off and that her father seems to be a bit of a drunk. Next, she is railroaded into going to claim a relationship to the d'Urbervilles. An example of fate causing problems in Tess's life occurs when she tries to tell Angel about the incident that occurred before she met up with him at the dairy. She is very sincere in her attempt to let him know of this devastating event during which her virginity was lost. Unfortunately, the letter detailing Tess's past, when slipped under the door of Angel's room also slipped under the rug on his floor. Angel never got to read the letter, and therefor doesn't know about Tess's past. Angel and Tess go ahead with their marriage and the pasts of both of them come back to disrupt both of their lives. "The carpet reached close to the sill, and under the edge of the carpet she discerned the faint white margin of the envelope containing her letter to him.she withdrew the letter. There it was-sealed up, just as it had left her hands.