《德伯家的苔丝》悲剧成因探析

The analysis of causes of tragedy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

十九世纪英国杰出的批判现实主义作家托马斯.哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》描绘了一个纯洁女人的悲剧性毁灭。哈代在小说的副标题中称女主人公为"一个纯洁的女人",公开向维多利亚时代虚伪的社会道德挑战。《德伯家的苔丝》的悲剧性因素是深刻而又复杂的,无论从哪一个方面单独去论述都是片面的。本文试从苔丝女性悲剧的社会、性格及其必然性等方面进行探讨。

Tess of the D＇Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of Thomas Hardy of the Victorian Times in the late 19th century,which shapes a female ruined tragically seeking for equality with males in male＇s society.The subtitle of the novel refers to the main character Tess as ＂a pure woman＂ so as to challenge hypocritical social virtues of the Victorian Period in public.The tragic factors of Tess of the D＇Urbervilles are profound and complicated.It seems partial to illustrate them in isolation in the absence of the whole background.As such,the paper looks at the analysis of Tess＇s female tragedy in terms of causative factors in its society,personality,and inevitability.