I feel really bad for Tess throughout the whole movie. It feels like her life is cursed by the status of her family and the royal blood that connects her to a man she does not want to be with. Her situation feels inescapable, and when she finally is at her last straw and decides to kill the man who has trapped her she gets punished. In a way, the only freedom she can achieve from all this is her own death. It feels very tragic, as even the love she finds with Angel is wrought with him abandoning her. Even so, the ending feels noble especially with the music that plays and her stoic look accompanied with her line of "I'm ready." It's like she's saying I'm ready to finally face my retributions, everything in my life has led to this moment whether it came from the people who have done me wrong or my own pride. I have wished for death and it is finally granted. Throughout the whole film Tess talks of wishing she was never born. Her own misery sets the stage of her life as she ends up trapped in unfulfilling relationships and grueling labor, and finally at the end it all leads to her own hanging. I hope she finally found peace in this fate.
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