Tess-of-the-D’Urbervilles

1、Tess of the DUrbervilles-Thomas HardyThomas Hardy Thomas Hardy ,English novelist and poet, was born on June 2, 1840 at Higher Bockhampton, Dorset. He was educated at local schools, where he had a good basic education, and Hardy learned from her many of the country legends, which color all his work.

2、Masterpieces: Tess of the DUrbervilles(1891)德伯家的苔絲德伯家的苔絲 Jude the Obscure(1896)無名的裘德無名的裘德 Far From the Madding Crowd（1874）遠(yuǎn)離塵囂遠(yuǎn)離塵囂 Return of the Native(1878)還鄉(xiāng)還鄉(xiāng)Tess of the DUrbeyfieldJude the ObscureFar From the Madding CrowdReturn of the NativeThe Gist of the NovelSetting(time):The 1880s and 1890s

3、Setting(place):Wessex, the southwest of England Protagonist:Tess DUrbeyfield Major conflict: Tess is seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by the son of her upper-class patroness, making her unacceptable to her true love Angel later in life. Rising action: Tesss familys discovery that they are ancient

4、 English aristocracy, giving them all fantasies of a higher station in life: Tesss accidental killing of the family horse, which drives her to seek help from the DUrbervilles, where she is seduced and dishonored. Climax: Tesss new husband discovers her earlier seduction by Alec and decides to leave

5、her, going off to Brazil and not answering her letters, and bringing Tess to despair. Falling action: Tesss last-ditch decision to marry Alec, who claims to love her; Angels return from Brazil to discover Tess marriage to her former seducer, and his meeting with Tess; Tesss murder of Alec and short-

6、lived escape with Angel before being apprehended and executed.Main Characters John DUrbeyfield Joan DUrbeyfield Tess DUrbeyfield Alec Stoke DUrberville: Mrs Simon Stoke Richard Crick Angle Clare Jame Clare Liza-LuPhase the Fifth-The Woman Pays (Chap.35)ConfessionForgiveNot ForgiveAngel Clare As his

7、namein French, close to “Bright Angel”suggests, Angel is not quite of this world, but floats above it in a transcendent sphere of his own. The narrator says that Angel shines rather than burns .His moral system is readjusted as he is brought down to Earth. Ironically, it is not the angel who guides

8、the human in this novel, but the human who instructs the angel, although at the cost of her own life.Tess She is a good-natured girl, when her husband Men Dominating Women One of the recurrent themes of the novel is the way in which men can dominate women, exerting a power over them linked primarily

9、 to their maleness. Even Angels love for Tess, as pure and gentle as it seems, dominates her in an unhealthy way. Angel substitutes an idealized picture of Tesss country purity for the real-life woman that he continually refuses to get to know. When Angel calls Tess names like “Daughter of Nature” a

10、nd “Artemis,” we feel that he may be denying her true self in favor of a mental image that he prefers. Thus, her identity and experiences are suppressed, albeit unknowingly. Symbols Birds Variant Names Themes The Injustice of Existence Changing Ideas of Social Class in Victorian England Men Dominating WomenCauses