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論苔絲之死
（作者未知） 2009/4/24
（接上頁）oth?Tess’confessiondestroysAngle’sideathatTessisavirginal,simplechildofthesoil.Asaresult,hecannotacceptthefact.Preferringhisfancifullove,heis“motheringhisaffectionforher”.Atthesametimethatheisdisappointedinhisvisionofherinnocenceandlowlystatus,Angleblamesherforthefamilybackgroundwhichhepreviouslythoughtitwouldmakeheracceptabletorespectablemiddleclasssociety.Heisself-contradictorybecausehisrejectionofsociety’svaluesissuperficial.Atadeeperlevel,hestillbelievesinsociety’smorallawsandsocialcode.Nevertheless,hedoesloveTess.HisgriefinlayingTessinthestonecoffinclearlyexpresseshislove,thisactionalsosymbolizeshisbeliefthatit’sreallyhisbeloved,hisidealofhisbeloved,nolongerexists.Earlierintheeveningheistornbythedesiretofollowhertotheirbedroom.Isitachanceorevenafateoperatinginthisincident?OrisHardyindulginghistasteformelodramaandcarryingcoincidencetoofar?RejectingTessatthispointAnglewouldfacetoassumea“terriblysterileexpression”.Thinkingandclingingtosociety’svalueswhichcuthimofffromnatureand,ofcourse,hehasjustcomefromthelush,fertileFromValleywheretheappetiteforjoycarriedhimalong,yetheis“terriblysterile.”Choosingintellectovernatureortheemotionallifedestroysthelifeforce;Angle“wasbecomingillwiththinking;eatenoutwiththinking,witheredbythinking;scourgedoutofallhisformerpulsating,flexuousdomesticity”.TherepetitionemphasizestheimportanceofthisideaandexpressestheintensityofHardy’sfeelingsaboutAngle’sintellectuality.HardyoffersasomewhatcontradictoryjudgmentofAngle’srelianceonthemind:Somemightrisktheoddparadoxthatwithmoreanimalismhewouldhavebeenthenoblerman.Wedonotsayit.YetClare’slovewasdoubtlessetherealtoafault,imaginativetoimpracticability.ThoughHardyisreluctanttosaythatbeingmoreopentothephysicalorsexualwouldmakeAngleabetterman,heiscriticalofAngle’sover-relianceonabstractionsandimagination.
Theentirethingiscurl,howagirlcancarryon?AsAnglewatchesTess’coachslowlymoveupthehill,hehopesthatshewilllookbackathim.Toodevastatedtomove,shedoesnotlookout.Isthisonemorelostopportunityforreconcil（未完，下一頁）
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