Passage Allusion Research

The passage to study:  when Tess and Angel go out to the pasture in the pre-dawn hours to bring in the cows for milking (Phase the Fourth; Chapter 20).

• Begin with the 7th paragraph of the chapter: "The grey half-tones of daybreak . .  "
• Continue almost to the end of the chapter--go through the 4th paragraph from the end.  That paragraph begins with "Or perhaps the summer fog . . . " and ends with ". . .the other women of the world."  Don't include the 3 paragraphs after that.

Please do NOT look up the passage itself and read anyone else's analysis.

•  Look up only what you need to know as individual elements of mythological or religious allusion--write down what you find, don't just tuck it away in your head. 
• When you finish checking allusions, consider the descriptive language of the passage in terms of both selection of detail and imagery. You could annotate lightly or take further notes.