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苔丝,英文读后感

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ImpressionoftheTessoftheD’urbervilles

Ingeneral,thebookTessoftheD’urbervillestellsusastoryaboutthelifeoftheheroinenamedTess.wecansaythat Tess’slifeisgreatlyinfluencebytwomen:AlecD’urbervilleswhoseducesherandAngelclarewithwhomshereallyfallinlove.Th efirstpersonappearinginthebookisTess’sfatherwhohappenstoknowfromaparsonthatheisadirectdescendantoftheanc ientandnoblefamilyoftheD’urbervilles.heisveryhappyandproudofhisdescent,despitethatheisstillverypo or.AndhewantsTesstogotothehouseofarich“relative”andwanttogethelpfromthem.Fromthiswecanseethevanityofpeopleandtheso cialhierarchy.Atfirst,Tessdoesnotwanttodoso.butaftertheonlyhorseintheirh ousedied,shehasnochoicebuttoseekhelpfromtherelative.Thesituationiscaus edbythesocialenvironmentatthattime.Inthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury,britain experiencedgreatchangesinthepoliticandeconomicareas.Theindustrialrevol utionbringingupattheendofthe18thcenturywasflourishinginthe1830s.In184 6,RepealofthecornLawswascarriedoutanditbecamethesymbolofthedecline ofagriculturallaborforceandtheincreaseofurbanlaborforce.Tessandherfamil

yaretherepresentativesofrurallabors.Theyworkveryhardtomakealiving,bei ngexploitedandoppressed.

AlecD’urbervilles,thesonofarichmerchantwhobuysthenobletitleofD’urbervilles.heisattractivetoTessatfirstsightandseducesTessafterward.when Tessissadaboutbeingseduced,Alecsaystoher,“well，you'reverysad，Tess，andyouhavenoreasontobe”．Thissentenceshowsthatmenatthattimedonotp ayrespectstowomen.Inothersense,ifwesaythatTessistherepresentativeofrur allabors,Alecisthesymboloftheright,power,evil,andwealthofthebourgeoisie .howeverhefinallybecomesapriest.Tome,itseemssoirony.Fromthis,wecanse etheinfluenceofthebible.Inbible,eveeatstheapplecoaxedbythesatan,andthen shegivestheappletoAdam.sopeopletendtothinkthatwomenaremoreevilthan men.

AngelclareistheyoungestsonoftheReverend.hegoesagainstwhatthefamily hadintendedforhim,acareerintheministry,likehisfatherandbrothers.Instead, Angelpursuesacareerthatseemsoppositeofwhathisfamilywouldlikeforhim----farming.Inthissense,hecanbeconsideredasafreethinker,buthisnotionsofm oralityturnouttobefairlyconventional.herejectsTessontheirweddingnightw hensheconfessesthatsheisn’tavirgin,althoughlikeTess,Angelalsohasapastwhenhewasnearlyledintoarel ationshipwithawomaninLondon.Thisshowstheinequalitybetweenthemena ndwomen.whycanAlecaskforforgivenessfromTesswhenheisnotwillingtodo thesame?TheonlyreasonIcanfindisthereligiousfactor.Inbible,itissaidthatwo

manismadefromman'srib.maybebecauseofthis,AlecthinksTessshouldonlyb elongtohim.soselfishamanheis! FinallyIwanttosaysomethingaboutTess.Firstly,whatimpressesmemostabou therishersacrificeforthefamily.shegoestoAlec’shousejustbecausethehorsetheyneedtosupplythefamilydied,whichleadtohe rbeingseduced.however,afterherdaddied,forherfamily,shehastosurrenderto Alecwhichshewouldneverdoiftherewereotherchoices.secondly,Iadmireher courage.Afterbeingseduced,shedoesnottakeitforherfateandshebeginstoresi st.whenAlecaskshertostay,shesays“It'strue.Ihaveneverlovedyou，andInevercanperhapsIshouldtellalieandthenIcouldleadacomfortablelife．butIhaveenoughhonornottotellthatlie．IfIlovedyou，Imighthaveaverygoodreasontotellyouso．butIdon't.”sheissobravethatshechoosetofaceallthedifficulties,evenbeamotherunmarrie d.Thirdly,Tessisloyaltolove.shedoesnotloveAlec,soshechoosestoleave.still ,forlove,shechoosestowait,nomatterhowlongitwilltakeforherhusbandtoco meback.JustaswhatAngelclarefinallyperceives,“theTesshehadfirstlovedhadseparatedherbodyfromhersoul．hersoulrema inedandwouldremainfaithfultohimforever．butwhathappenedtoherbodyn olongerinterestedherafterhehadrejectedit．”Attheendofthebook,TesskillsAlec.Andafterleadingseveralhappydayswithh erhusbandclare,sheisarrestedbythepolice.“shestoodupandwenttowardsthewaitingmen．‘Iamready，’