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1、TheAnalysisofTess’stragedyAbstractThomasHardyisafamouscriticalrealisticwriterattheturnofthe19thcentury.TessoftheD’Urbervilleswhichwaspublishedin1891isthemostinfluentialmasterpieceofallhisworks.Inthisnovel,HardydemonstrateshisdeepsenseofmoralsympathyforEngland’slowerclass,particularlyforruralwoma
2、n.UnderHardy’spen,theherorineTessiscreatedasabeautiful,innocentandpurewoman,whohasthequalityofenduranceandself-sacrifice.TesshaslongbeenregardedasthemostexceptionalwomancharacterinEnglishliteraryhistory.However,thelifeofthispurewomanistragic.First,sheisseduced,thenabandonedandfinallydriventomurd
3、erforwhichsheishanged.Tess’stragedyisnotaccidental.Livinginasocietyoverwhelmedbycapitalistlaw,hypocriticalmoralityandethicsadsocialevilforces,Tess,apoorpeasantgirl,inevitablyleadsatragiclifeandfinallygoestohercollapse.Inaddition,twopersonswhoareverycloselyrelatedtoTess’sfate,AlecandAngel,directl
4、yandindirectlyaffecther.Moreover,theweaknessinTess’scharacteralsoresponsibleforhertragicending.Tessfightsagainstthesocietyhelplessly.Intheend,sheturnsouttobethesacrificialvictimofthesocietylikeallotherthingswhichdisobeythemoralityandethics.Thus,inthispaper,theauthortriestoanalysisthevariouscause
5、sofTess’stragedy.-11-TableofContentsI.Introduction1.1.IntroductionofThomasHardy1.2.IntroductionofTessoftheD’UrbervillesII.CausesoftheTragedyoftess2.1.SocialCauses2.1.1.HardLifeforPeasants2.1.2.UnequalMoralityforFemale2.1.3.UnequalLegalSystem2.2.AnalysisoftheMajorCharacter2.2.1.TheDirectMurder——A
6、lecD’Urberville2.2.2.TheAccessory——AngleClare2.2.3.TessHerself2.2.3.1.HerSenseofResponsibility2.2.3.2.HerResistanceandCompromiseIII.ConclusionBibliography-11-I.IntroductionTheIntroductionofThomasHardyThomasHardy(1840-1928),thewriterofTessoftheD’Urbervilles(1891)wasanEnglishnovelistandpoetandoneo
7、fthegreatestEnglishwriterinthe19thcentury.Thesonofastonemason,HardywasbornnearDorchester,theareathatlaterbecamethfamous“wessex”inmanyofhisnovels.Hederivedaloveofmusicfromhisfatheranddevotiontoliteraturefromhismother.However,