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1、WhoshouldpayforTess'sdeath?AnalysisontheTragedyofTessIntroductionTessofthed'Urbervillesisoneofthemostfamousnovelscalled"CharactersandEnvironment^ofThomasHardy.Thenovelwasaboutthetragiclifeofabeautiful,unaffectedcountrygirl,TessDurbeyfield,thedaughterofapoorfarmer,whobelie
2、vedthathewasthedescendentofanancientaristocraticfamily,andwhosenthisdaughtertoclaimkinwithadistantrelativeofnobled^rbervillesfamily.'ThePresidentoftheImmortals11begantoplayacrueljokeontheinnocentgirl.TherichandguilefulAleccfUrbervillemanagedtoseduceTessandmadeherpregnant.
3、Shegavebirthtoachild,whodiedininfancy.ThenTesswenttoworkonadairyfarm,whereshemetAngelClare,amanofliberalmind,andthesonofaclergyman.Theyfellinlovewitheachotherandbecameengagedbeforelong.Ontheweddingnight,TessconfessedtoClareherpreviousmisfortuneandClarewasunabletounderstan
4、dandforgivehei;HeleftTessandthenthemisfortunefelluponTessagain.Alec,theshamelessman,tookadvantageoftheDurbeyfields1povertyandbegantoharassTessfrequently,finallythehelplessgirlhadtogiveinandmoveinwithhimtosupportherfamily.WhenClarerepentedandcamebacktofindTess,itwastoolate
5、.TessthenkilledAlecinafitofangeranddespair.AfterhidingwithClareinaforestforafewdaysofloveandhappiness,Tesswasarrestedandsentencedtodeath.AnalysisAfterreadingthistragictale,IdeeplyfeelsadaboutTess'smisfortune.ThetragicdestinyofTessshouldbethought-provoking.Tessisawomanofin
6、tegrity,andpureinheart.Shewasborninthedark,filthyandfrightfulcapitalistsociety.Sheisaparagonofvirtue,pretty,happybynature,andgood・heaneci・LikeaGreekheroine,shepossessessimplicity,nobility,devotion,andsensitivitythatmakeheratoweringfigureamongherkind.Whatsheasksoflifeissim
7、pleenough:tobelovedandhappy.Tessshouldhaveleadahappylifewithherlover,butunfortunatelyshedidnot.Shewaseventuallysentencedtodeath.WhoshouldpayforTess'sdeath?ItisdifficulttofindasinglepersontoblamefortheresponsibilityofTess'sdeath.Firstly,itwasTess'sparentswhosenttheirdaught
8、erintothefirepit.Theyhopedthattheirdaughtercouldmarryarichmantobenefittheirpoorfamily,thustheype