两种不同的命运——苔丝和海斯特的对比分析.docVIP

【标题】两种不同的命运——苔丝和海斯特的对比分析 【作者】王 舒 【关键词】错误；忠诚；传统；坚韧；柔弱 【指导老师】张亚军 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionTess and Hester are the two most excellent feminine artistic images molded respectively by Hardy and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The two heroines have amazing similar causes of tragic fate, however, they own different destiny.?Though living in different ages and places, Tess and Hester were the feminist representatives in their own ages. In the pursuit of their own happiness, both of them suffered the criticism from society and run a painful life. In their love tragedies, both Hester and Tess bear the sufferings alone for their beloved and bear the injustice punishment exerted by the society. Hester made every effort to change her situation, struggling against the hypocritical religion incessantly and finally gain people’s affirmation while Tess’s weak character finally results in her unavoidable tragedy. This thesis goes deeper into the social factors that cause Tess and Hester’s different destiny，exposes both the hypocrisy of bourgeoisie and the religious persecution and explains the profound social significance and value in Tess of the d’Urbervilles and The Scarlet Letter.II. The Authors and their WorksA. Hardy and Tess of the d’UrbervillesThomas Hardy(1840-1928) is the foremost English regional novelist and a major Victorian poet. His realistic novels show the tragic ironies of characters struggling against the passions of human nature and forces of a hostile world. his poems often emphasize the timelessness of his themes.Hardy was born in southwest England near Dorchester, a region he called Wessex in his novels. Hardy was a prolific writer, he has been best remembered and valued for the works he published in this period. These include the six novels---Under the Greenwood Tree(1872), Far from the Madding Crowd(1874),The Return of the Native(1878), The Major of Casterbridge(1886), Tess of the D’Urbervilles?(1891),and Jude the Obscure(1895).The stories are all set i