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論苔絲之死
（作者未知） 2009/4/24
（接上頁）fthenovelaswellasthecharacterofTess.ThebookwassupposestorevealtheversatilityofTess’character.However,italsorevealedagooddealthathelpsusunderstandHardy’scentralthemeofthebook.ItwasbecausetheversatilityofTessherselfthatmakesherunique.However,shewasawomanofpurityandfortitude.
MostofscholarsandreadersattributeTess’deathtoAleconly.ButtheauthorofthispaperthinksthatAngle,Tess,andthesocietyarealsothefactors,besidesAlec.
I.TheFamousWork,TessofD’Urberville,andItsGreatWriter
A.TheSettingoftheNovel
The19thcenturyisaprosperousperiodinEnglishliterature.Thereisamostimpotentwriter,wecan’tforget,andHeisThomasHardy.Heisjusttheauthorofmysubject.TessofD’UrbervillesisgenerallyregardedasHardy’sfinestnovel.Thisisabrillianttaleoflove,betrayal,seduction,duty,sinandrule.Atlast,thisisatragedy.
Intragedy,thereader,oftensympathizesandempathizeswiththeprotagonistwhoattains“wisdomthroughsuffering.”Tess,whoisasovirtuousgirl,whydidHardygiveTess,avirtuousgirl,asorrowfuldestiny?Here,weshouldturnoureyestotheauthor—ThomasHardy.Hisworkreflectedthedeepchangesofsocialeconomy,moralandcustom,afterthecapitalisminvadedintotheEnglandcountry.Notonly,hewrotethepeople’stragedy,especiallywomen’stragedy,andrevealsthefalseofcapitalism.
TessofD’Urbervillespublishedin1891,whichisthemostremarkableworkofHardy.Ithasdisplayedonebyashortlifetimeofheroine,Tess,andpressingtragedyexperience,theworldtragedy.Facingabourgeoisieonthisaccount,superstructuressuchasmoralityandreligionhasinitiatedopenonechallenge.
TessofD’Urbervillesisanextraordinarilybeautifulbook,aswellasanextraordinarymovingone.Itisatragictaleofabeautifulandinnocentpeasantgrillthatisthevictim,notonlyofherVictorianenvironment,butalsoofpeople,includingheshiftlessparents,hercruelseducer,AlecD’Ubervillandmorallyrigidhusband,Clare,allofthemthatwecan’tomit.
B.TheStoryofTessofD’Urberville
ThisnovelcausedaheckofafusswhenThomasHardyfirstpublishedit.Originallytitled"APureWoman",thenovelisconsideredasoutrageousf（未完，下一頁）
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