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1、ThetragedyofTessIntroductionofthenovelanditsinfluenceTessoftheD’Urbervilles,publishedin1891,wasThomasHardy’slastandmostsignificantwork.Inthisnovel,Hardyreachedtheheightofhisachievementasanovelist.Readersareattractednotonlybytheinnatebeauty,butthetragicfateofTess,theheroine.Tesso
2、ftheD’urbervills,isaboutthetragedyofTessDurbeyfield,whowasborninapoorpeasantfamily.Whentheirhorsewaskilledbyanaccident,thefamilylosttheonlymeanstomakealiving.AsTess’sfathergotapieceofnewsfromaparsonthathewasthelinealrepresentativeoftheancientandknightlyfamilyofthed’Urbervilles,T
3、ess’smotherpersuadedhertovisitthed’UrbervillesclanatTranreidge.TessworkedthereandwasseducedbyAlecd’Uberville.Tessgavebirthtoachild,butitwasunlucky,itdiedverysoon.Alongtimelater,TessworkedatthedairyfarmatTalbothays,whereshemetAngelClareagain,hewasapastor’sson,andwantedtostudyfarm
4、ing.Afterashorttime,theylovedeachother.OntheirweddingnightAngeltoldTessaboutaneveningofdebaucheryinhiswonpast.TessforgivenhimandtoldheraffairwithAlec,thinkingthathewouldforgiveherasshedidforhim.ButClaredisappointedTessanddidnotforgiveherwhenshetoldhimherpaststorywithAlec.Clarele
5、ftherforBrazil.Withthegreatpovertyofherfamily,TesshadtoworkunderthehardestconditionatFlintcomb-ash.Thenherfatherdiedandthefamilywasexpelledfromtheircottage.Inordertosupportherfamily,TesswasdriventogobacktoAlecd’Urberville.Oneyearlater,AngelClarereturnedfromBrazil,beingchasteneda
6、ndrepentedofhiscrueltreatmentofTess,buttherelationshipofTessandAlec,AngelcannotlivewithTess.ShehatedAlecandkilledhim.AfterashorthappylifewithAngel,Tesswasarrestedatdawn.Shewasawomanofintegrity,andpureinheart,yetshewasdriventothehellbythesociety.Tesslosthervirginity,whichwascause
7、dbyAlec.Atthattime,sheonlywasa17-year–old-girl.SothemainresponsibilityshouldbeblamedonAlec.Atthesecondtime,TesshadtolivewithAlec,thiswascausedbyherparentsandAngel.Atlast,shekilledAlec,thiswastheweakling’sresistance.FromthecharacterofTess,Icanseethehardshipofherlife.Inherheart,sh
8、ewasapuregirl.Attheendofthenovel,ThomasHardydes
