“SORROW, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” p.107
This is a quotation from Phase the Second. Tess is baptizing her child, knowing that her son will soon die. I chose this quotation because it represents her past with Alec d’Urberville. The child was conceived by him and it is something that stays with Tess throughout the novel. It also represents the religious views of Tess, because she is baptizing her child, meaning that she is a Christian. She does this because she wants to follow her religion and it is what her mother would want her to do. I think that she names the baby Sorrow, because it shows her distress about her loss of innocence with Alec and she is showing an expression of grief sadness and dissapointement.