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1、KeyFactsAnalysisofMajorCharactersTessDurbeyfieldAlecd’UrbervilleAninsoucianttwenty-four-year-oldman,heirtoafortune,andbearerofanamethathisfatherpurchased,AlecisthenemesisanddownfallofTess’slife.Hisfirstname,Alexander,suggeststheconqueror—asinAlexanderthe
2、Great—whoseizeswhathewantsregardlessofmoralpropriety.Yetheismoreslipperythanagrandconqueror.Hisfulllastname,Stoke-d’Urberville,symbolizesthesplitcharacterofhisfamily,whoseoriginsaresimplerthantheirpretensionstograndeur.Afterall,Stokesisabluntandinelegant
3、name.Indeed,thedividedandduplicitouscharacterofAlecisevidenttotheveryendofthenovel,whenhequicklyabandonshisnewfoundChristianfaithuponremeetingTess.ItishardtobelieveAlecholdshisreligion,oranythingelse,sincerely.Hissupposedconversionmayonlybeanewroleheispl
4、aying.ThisduplicityofcharacterissointenseinAlec,anditsconsequencesforTesssosevere,thathebecomesdiabolical.Thefirstpartofhissurnameconjuresassociationswithfieryenergies,asinthestokingofafurnaceortheflamesofhell.Hisdevilishassociationsareevidentwhenhewield
5、sapitchforkwhileaddressingTessearlyinthenovel,andwhenheseducesherastheserpentinGenesisseducedEve.Additionally,likethefamousdepictionofSataninMilton’sParadiseLost,Alecdoesnottrytohidehisbadqualities.Infact,likeSatan,herevelsinthem.InChapterXII,hebluntlyte
6、llsTess,“IsupposeIamabadfellow—adamnbadfellow.Iwasbornbad,andIhavelivedbad,andIshalldiebad,inallprobability.”Thereisfrankacceptanceinthisadmissionandnoshame.SomereadersfeelAlecistoowickedtobebelievable,but,likeTessherself,herepresentsalargermoralprincipl
7、eratherthanarealindividualman.LikeSatan,Alecsymbolizesthebaseforcesoflifethatdriveapersonawayfrommoralperfectionandgreatness.AngelClareAfreethinkingsonbornintothefamilyofaprovincialparsonanddeterminedtosethimselfupasafarmerinsteadofgoingtoCambridgelikehi
8、sconformistbrothers,Angelrepresentsarebelliousstrivingtowardapersonalvisionofgoodness.Heisasecularistwhoyearnstoworkforthe“honorandgloryofman,”ashetellshisfatherinChapterXVIII,ratherthanforthehonorandgloryofGodinamoredista
