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1、TheAnalysisofTess’sTragedyAbstractThomasHardyisafamouscriticalrealisticwriterattheturnofthe19thcentury.TessoftheD’Urbervilleswhichwaspublishedin1891isthemostinfluentialmasterpieceofallhisworks.Inthisnovel,HardydemonstrateshisdeepsenseofmoralsympathyforEngland’slo
2、werclass,particularlyforruralwoman.UnderHardy’spen,theherorineTessiscreatedasabeautiful,innocentandpurewoman,whohasthequalityofenduranceandself-sacrifice.TesshaslongbeenregardedasthemostexceptionalwomancharacterinEnglishliteraryhistory.However,thelifeofthispurewo
3、manistragic.First,sheisseduced,thenabandonedandfinallydriventomurderforwhichsheishanged.Tess’stragedyisnotaccidental.Livinginasocietyoverwhelmedbycapitalistlaw,hypocriticalmoralityandethicsadsocialevilforces,Tess,apoorpeasantgirl,inevitablyleadsatragiclifeandfina
4、llygoestohercollapse.Inaddition,twopersonswhoareverycloselyrelatedtoTess’sfate,AlecandAngel,directlyandindirectlyaffecther.Moreover,theweaknessinTess’scharacteralsoresponsibleforhertragicending.Tessfightsagainstthesocietyhelplessly.Intheend,sheturnsouttobethesacr
5、ificialvictimofthesocietylikeallotherthingswhichdisobeythemoralityandethics.Thus,inthispaper,theauthortriestoanalysisthevariouscausesofTess’stragedy.-11-TableofContentsI.Introduction1.1.IntroductionofThomasHardy1.2.IntroductionofTessoftheD’UrbervillesII.Causesoft
6、heTragedyoftess2.1.SocialCauses2.1.1.HardLifeforPeasants2.1.2.UnequalMoralityforFemale2.1.3.UnequalLegalSystem2.2.AnalysisoftheMajorCharacter2.2.1.TheDirectMurder——AlecD’Urberville2.2.2.TheAccessory——AngleClare2.2.3.TessHerself2.2.3.1.HerSenseofResponsibility2.2.
7、3.2.HerResistanceandCompromiseIII.ConclusionBibliography-11-I.IntroductionTheIntroductionofThomasHardyThomasHardy(1840-1928),thewriterofTessoftheD’Urbervilles(1891)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoetandoneofthegreatestEnglishwriterinthe19thcentury.Thesonofastonemason,Har
8、dywasbornnearDorchester,theareathatlaterbecamethfamous“wessex”inmanyofhisnovels.Hederivedaloveofmusicfromhisfatheranddevotiontoliteraturefromhismother.However,
