All 6 Uses of
omen
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Like all the cottagers in Blackmoor Vale, Tess was steeped in fancies and prefigurative superstitions; she thought this an ill omen—the first she had noticed that day.†
Chpt 1 *omen = sign of something about to happen
- O, I hope that is of no ill-omen for us now!†
Chpt 4
- Her idolatry of this man was such that she herself almost feared it to be ill-omened.†
Chpt 4
- She knew that it was all sentiment, all baseless impressibility, which had caused her to read the scene as her own condemnation; nevertheless she could not get over it; she could not contravene in her own defenceless person all those untoward omens.†
Chpt 5omens = signs of what will happen in the future
- 'Tis a thing of ill-omen, Miss.†
Chpt 6omen = sign of something about to happen
- It is that this sound of a non-existent coach can only be heard by one of d'Urberville blood, and it is held to be of ill-omen to the one who hears it.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
a sign of something about to happen