A Brief Analysis on the cause of Tess’s Tragic

A Brief Analysis on the Cause of Tess’s

Tragic

浅析苔丝悲剧的成因

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浅析苔丝悲剧的成因

摘要：托马斯．哈代是19世纪英国著名的批判现实主义作家。《德伯家的苔丝》是他最为有影响力的一部巨著，这部作品描写了苔丝的悲剧一生。主人公苔丝在精神上和肉体上受到两个男性的摧残，由一个天真活泼的少女转变成世俗偏见的受害者，并最终沦为一名杀人犯走上刑场。悲剧形成的原因主要是苔丝个人的性格与命运、家庭、社会的冲突，从而造成了个性的毁灭。

关键词：现实主义；苔丝的悲剧；社会环境

A Brief Analysis on the cause of Tess’s

Tragic

Abstract：Thomas Hardy was a famous critical realistic writer at the turn of the 19th century in England.Tess of D’Uberville, is a famous work of Thomas Hardy. This work describes the tragedy of Tess.Tess is devastated by two men in the mentally and physically, by a lively girl into a secular bias of the victims, and eventually become a killer way to death.The main reason is the tragedy of Tess of the formation of individual character and fate,family,social conflict,resulting in the destraction of individuality.

Key words：realism；Tess’ tragedy ；social environment

Contents Introduction............................................................................................................ PartⅠIntroduction of Thomas Hardy...............................................................

1.1 Thomas Hardy ..............................................................................................

1.2 Thomas Hardy’s works ................................................................................ PartⅡAbout the Tess of D’Uberville.......................................................................

2.1 The backgroud of the novel .........................................................................

2.2 A brief introduction of the novel .................................................................. PartⅢThe origins of Tess’s tragedy...................................................................

3.1 Family and Society Caused Tess’s tragedy ..................................................

3.2 Tess’s Character Analysis in the Novel ....................................................... Conclusion .............................................................................................................. Bibliography ...........................................................................................................

Introduction

Tess of D’Uberville is one of the Thomas Hardy ‘s representative. By telling of the tragic life of Tess- beautiful, pure, good girl, which expressed the moral deep sympathy to the British lower classes, especially rural women. Tess should enjoy the sweet love and a happy marriage, but it did not, her life is full of rough and bumpy road. Tess is devastated by two men in the mentally and physically, by a lively girl into a secular bias of the victims, and eventually become a killer way to death.

In this novel,although Tess experienced many of the unfortunate,she is still honest,kind,uncomplaining.Writer once quoted "people's character is destiny”to explain not only from the subjective factor but also from objective factors. Family,society and Tess’s character caused her tragedy. Although the novel has a fatalistic and pessimistic flavor, Hardy is still trying to tell us the tragedy in the characters and the environment determine the role. Tess of the specific character makes him unable to adapt to her environment - her social existence. So she no doubt by this cruel abuse of a society inelastic and eventually killed by its old customs.