Such details in the context of Tess and Perfume are opposite ends of the spectrum; Grenouille's unstoppable desire to kill leaves him feeling isolated and incapable of loving or feeling loved. Tess's undesirable beauty means "She can only be the passive medium of her innate, inevitable seductiveness, the vehicle of a beauty that she is destined by 'nature' to show, however much she may try to hide it." [8]. When the vicissitudes of both characters occur, they backfire, leaving them at the eternal mercy of death. Bibliography [1] The Cambridge Edition of the works of DH Lawrence Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays, DH Lawrence, page 99, Cambridge University Press, 25 July 1985[2] Barron's Book Notes Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, page 114 – Douglas Brown: Social and Individual Fate in Tess by Thomas Hardy, 1961[3] John Berger, Ways of Seeing, Chapter 1, The Social Presence of Men and Women, page 5, 1972[4] "Tess of the d 'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.' 123HelpMe.com. 04 January 2014 .[5] Sin, society and double standards, male and female transgressions in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Scott