In Phase five of Tess of the D"Urbervilles I feel that Tess really grew as a person. In this chapter she grew up and took responsibility for things that have happened and that will happen. She knows that everything that has happened isn't totally her fault but, she needed to own up to her part in those events.
In this phase she understands the estrangement from her husband and because of that she doesn't want to go to his family to ask for more money. At the same time her family needs money to fix their roof that has started to leak and she is devoted to them so she sends them the rest of her money. .
About the same time that she has to give all her money to her family she gets a letter from her friend Marian telling her of work on a farm. She now knows what she has to do and that is go out and get a job to support herself. On her way to the farm she looks for work at other diaries so she doesn't have to face her past but, she has to face it anyway when the man that Angel hit on Christmas Eve shows up. He again says that he made no mistake who she is and that she should apologize to that other man for deceiving him.
This really sends her back to her past and she goes running into the woods to hide from the man and her past. After she gets to the dairy though she gets to talking to Marian and she tells her not to refer to her as Mrs.Clare but just plain Tess. This is because she doesn't want to be sent back to everything she has been through Tess really wants to move on.
I think that so far out of all the phase in this book that I've read this is my favorite. I feel this way because of the fact that I think Tess has really truly grown and learned something important life lessons here. I think that the growth from this phase will make the next even better.