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1、OntheCausesofTessoftheD’urbervilles’sTragedyIntroductionLifeandworksofHardyThomasHardy,thesonofthemason,wasbornin1840inasmalltownneartheDorchesterwherelaterbecamethefamous“Wessex”inmanyofhisnovels(LiuQiuping,2007).Whenhewasyoung,heshowedagreatinterestinreligionandmusic.Attheageof16,hele
2、ftschoolandwasapprenticedtoalocalarchitecture.HelefttheruralSouthWestattheageof22andtraveledtoLondonwhereheworkedasanarchitectforArthurBloomfield.DuringhisyearsinLondon,hecontinuedhisstudiesinhissparetime.HereadworksofCharlesDarwin,HerbertSpenser,andJohnStuartMill.Theirphilosophyhadastr
3、onginfluenceonhim.Atthesametime,hebegantowritepoetry.Butthepoetrieswereallrejectedbythemagazines,thusheembarkedtowritefiction.ThefistnovelofHardywasDesperateRemedies.Laterhebecameoneofthemostimportantrealismwritersinthe19thcenturyinEngland.TheageHardywrotewascalledVictoriaPeriod.Therewe
4、remanyfamousworksofHardyinhisalllife,includingUndertheGreenwood,APairofBlueEyes,FarfromtheMaddingCrowd,TheReturnoftheNative,MajoroftheCasterbridge,TessoftheD’Urbervilles,Judetheobscure.Bythevividdescriptionofthehealth,thefields,theseasons,theweather,Wessxsattainedaphysicalpresenceinthen
5、ovelsandactedasamirrorofthepsychologicalconditionsofthecharacters.HisgreatestpoetryistheDynasts.TessoftheD’UrbervillesTessoftheD’Urbervilleswaspublishedatthebeginningofthelastdecadeofthe19thcenturywhichwasatimeofconsiderableintellectualandsocialferment.Accordingtothenovel,Tessisapoorpea
6、santgirl.Sheisbeautiful,pure,strong,anddiligent.Havinglostthehorseprince,sheispersuadedbyhermothertoclaimkindredwithamoreprosperousbranchoftheD’Urbervillesfamily.Theresheisseducedbytheyoungmasterofthehouse,Alec,andthenhastoreturnhomeindisgrace.Aftershegoeshome,shegivesbirthtoababy.Unfor
7、tunatelythebabydiesinafewdays.Tessishurtdeeplyagain.Withhugepain,shedecidestobeginhernewlife.Shegetstoafarmlandandobtainsanewjob.ShemeetsClare,theintellectualandfree-thinkingsonofaclergyman.Andhefallslovewithherandwantstomarryher.Thereshelivesamostjoyfullifeinherlife.Allthehurt
