67德伯家的苔丝---不是悲剧人物TessoftheD’Urbervilles----NotaTragicWomanHuangMinUndertheSupervisionofMr.TangGuopingSchoolofForeignLanguageandCulturesPanzhihuaUniversityMay2006ContentsAbstract……………………………………………………………………………ⅠKeyWords………………………………………………………………………....Ⅰ摘要...………………………………………………………………………….Ⅱ关键词……..………………………………………………………………………ⅡIntroduction……………………………………………………………………….….1Ⅰ.TheSocialBackgroundofthisNovel……………………………………2Ⅱ.Tess’Bravery………………………………………………………………….….4A.Tess’SexualInnocence………………………………………………….…..4TessFateofbeingRapped………………………………………………….5Tess’Bravery……………………………………………………………….….6Ⅲ.Tess’Responsibility……………………………………………………….........….8A.TheResponsibilitytoHerFamily……………………………………………..8B.TheResponsibilitytotheOtherThreeMilkmaids…………………………….9C.TheResponsibilitytoherFamilyafterHerFather’sDeath…………………..11Ⅳ.Tess’Purity………………………………………………………………….….14A.HerPurityinHerMind………………………………………………………..14B.HerPurityinHerLoveforClare……………………………………………...15Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….…..19Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………….…..20Bibliography………………………………………………………………………....21AbstractThereisabeautifulstoryinBible.ItsaystheGodcreatesmanformedofthedustofthegroundinhisownimage.AndtheGodputsthemannamedAdaminagardeninEden.ButtheGodsays,itisnotgoodthatthemanshouldbealone;Iwillmakehimahelpmeetforhim.SotheGodtakesoneoftheman’sribstomakeawoman.AndAdamsays,thisisnowboneofmybones,andfleshofmyflesh;sheshallbecalledWoman,becausesheistakenoutofMan.Somanypeoplethinkawomanisapartofaman.Menshouldruleoverwomen.Icannotagreewiththisidea,becauseeveryoneisbornequally.Everypeoplehasrighttolivehisorherownlife.Especiallywomenshouldliveforthemselves,butnotformen.ThisnovelTessofthed’Urbervilles(1891)isgenerallyregardedasHardy’sfinestnovel.Itcentersonayoungwomanwhostrugglestofindherplaceinsociety.Whenitisdiscoveredthatthelow-classDurbeyfieldfamilyisinrealitythed’Urbervilles,thelastofafamousbloodlinethatdatesbackhundredsofyears,themothersendshereldestdaughter,Tess,tobegmone