On Tess’ Tragedy in Tess of the D’urbervilles_英语论文

摘要

《德伯家的苔丝》是托马斯·哈代最优秀的作品。在这部小说中的女主人公苔丝兼具智慧与美貌。她热心、善良、勇敢而富有责任。然而如此美好的女孩也没能逃过命运的束缚。苔丝的悲剧有社会、法律、宗教和道德的因素。而在此篇小说中我们能发现文章中的主要人物对苔丝有着极其重要的影响，要不是他们，苔丝本能拥有更美好的生活。此篇论文将讨论苔丝悲剧的原因和导致她悲剧的主要人物，这些主要人物促使苔丝从一个纯洁的女孩变成了一个绝望的女人，最终放弃了自己，最后判处死刑。这篇论文主要分为三大部分。第一部分简要介绍这篇小说。第二部分由四部分构成，分别分析了苔丝父母、亚力克、安吉尔和苔丝自身对其悲剧的影响。在接下来的描述中我们能发现苔丝父母的自私，亚力克对苔丝身体的摧毁、安吉尔对她精神的毁灭以及苔丝自身精神的折磨都最终造成了她的悲剧。

关键词：悲剧 原因 人物 苔丝

Abstract

Tess of the D’urbervilles is one of Thomas Hardy ’s excellent work. In this novel, the heroine, Tess, is described with intelligence and beauty. She is warm-heated, kind, brave, responsible. However, such a nice girl cannot escape the destiny’s grip. Tess’ tragedy has social, legal, religious and moral causes. We can see that the main characters have great effects on Tess. Without these persons, Tess should have lived a better life. So this paper will discuss the cause of Tess’ tragedy as well as other main characters that result in this tragedy where she is changing from a pure, beautiful girl to a woman with an exhausted heart, giving herself up. Finally she was executed.This paper is divided into three parts. In the first part, I will introduce this novel. The second part consists of four sections, which respectively introduce Tess’ Parents’ Influence on Tess’ Tragedy, Alec’s Influence on Tess’ Tragedy, Angel’s Influence on Tess’ Tragedy, and the influence of Tess’ character. From the following part, we can see Tess’ parents’ selfishness, Alec destroys Tess’ body, Angel ruins Tess’ spirit and Tess’ mental torment.

Key Words: Tragedy; Causes; Character; Tess

Contents

1  Introduction 1

2  Main Characters' Influence on Tess’ Tragedy 4

2.1 Tess’ Parents’ Influence on Tess’ Tragedy 4

2.2 Alec’s Influence on Tess’ Tragedy 5

2.3 Angel’s Influence on Tess’ Tragedy 6

2.4 The influence of Tess’ character 9

3  The Source of Tess’ Tragedy 12

4  Conclusion 13

Bibliography 14

Acknowledgments 15