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1、SimilaritiesbetweenDuShiniang’sAndTess’TragicFates1.IntroductionPoeticsisoneofthemostimportantworkscreatedbyAristotle.FromChapter6toChapter22,itconcentratesmainlyontragedy.Untilnow,Aristotle’stragictheoryinPoeticsstillplaysasignificantroleinartisticcreation.DuShinianga
2、ndTessaretwotragiccharactersthatweknowverywell.Althoughtheywerewrittenbyauthorscomingfromdifferentcountries,differentsocialsystems,anddifferenttimes,theysharemanysimilarities,suchassocialstatus,sufferings,charactersandcausesfortheirtragicfates.CombinedwithAristotle’str
3、agictheory,thispaperisjusttocomparethesesimilaritiessharedbetweenDuShiniangandTesssothatthereaderscanhaveabetterunderstandingofthetwocharactersandtheirtragicfates.1.1TheDefinitionofTragedyInPoetics,Aristotlelaysdownadefinitionfortragedy.Hepointsoutthattragedyisanimitat
4、ionofanactionthatisserious,complete,andofacertainmagnitude;inlanguageembellishedwitheachkindofartisticornament,theseveralkindsbeingfoundinseparatepartsoftheplay;intheformofaction,notofnarrative;throughpityandfeareffectingtheproperpurgationoftheseemotions.(张中载,2002:40)1
5、.2TheMainIdeaofDuShiniangandTessAccordingtoAristotle’sdefinition,tragedyisanimitationofanactionthatiscomplete.ThestoryofDuShiniangiscomplete.Atthebeginningofthestory,ShiniangmeetswithLiJiaandtheyareinlovewitheachother,livingtogetherinJiaofangsi,abrothel.Inthemiddle,LiJ
6、iabuysbackthefreedomofShiniangandleavesthebrothel.Ontheway,LiJiawantstosellShiniangtoSunFu.Attheendofthestory,Shiniangcommitssuicidebyjumpingintoariverwithallhertreasures.ComparedwithDuShiniang,Tessalsohasacompletestory.Inthebeginning,TessisseducedbyAlecD’Urbervilles.I
7、nthemiddle,TessmeetswithAngelClareandtheyfallinlovewitheachother.Theygetmarried,butTessisabandonedbyAngelafterheknowstherelationshipbetweenTessandAlec.Attheendofthestory,AngelcomesbackfromBraziltolookforTess.TesskillsAlecwithanger.Thus,Tessiscondemnedtodeathbyhanging.O
8、bviously,bothstoriesarecomplete.ThewholelifeofDuShiniangandTessisportrayedindetails,soreaderscanhaveaclearstorylinein
