英语专业毕业论文Analysis of Tess’s Tragedy Causes in Tess of D’Urbervilles.doc

英语专业毕业论文--Analysis of Tess’s Tragedy Causes in Tess of D’Urbervilles Foreign Language Department Graduation Thesis Analysis of Tess’s Tragedy Causes in Tess of D’Urbervilles Abstract 　　　Thomas Hardy was once called “Shakespeare in British novel.” He described poor Tess short and unfortunate life in an epic way. Tess, a daughter of villager who discovered that he was the descendant of an ancient family D’Urbervilles, was persuaded by her parents to claim kindred with a more prosperous D’Urbervilles and was seduced by the master Alec. Then she had to return home in disgrace. After back home, she delieved a child who died soon after born. Then she meets Angel Clare, son of a clergyman, and she falls in love with him and married him. On their wedding night Tess and Angel tell each other about their own past. Angel who gets the hypocritical morality deserts her seduction by Alec; then poverty makes her come back to Alec again and the tragedy happens. The tragedy of Tess is an individual one as well as a social one. Tess is the victim of the bourgeois society and the capitalist invasion into the English peasantry. 　　　 Key Words: Tess of D’Urbervilles; tragedy; cause; character Contents 摘要 i Abstract ii Contents iii 1 Introduction 1 2 Analysis of the Character Causes of Tess’s Tragedy 3 2.1 Analysis of Self-factor in Tess’s Tragedy 3 2.1.1 Analysis of Tess’s Family 4 2.1.2 Analysis of Tess’s Resistance 7 2.1.3 Analysis of Tess’s Compromise 7 2.2 Analysis of Alec and Clare’s Character Causes of Tess’s Tragedy 8 2.2.1 Analysis of Alec’s Character 8 2.2.2 Analysis of Clare’s Character 9 3 Analysis of the Social and Environmental Causes in Tess’s Tragedy 11 3.1 Hypocritical Capitalism Moral’s View and Unequal Legal System 11 3.2 Impoverishment and Decay of Small Farmers 11 3.3 The Male Factor in Tess’s Tragedy 12 4 Conclusion 14 References 15 Acknowledgements 16 1 Introduction 　　　Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the greatest novel of British fam