67德伯家的苔丝-不是悲剧人物Tess of the DUrbervilles-Not a Tragic WomanHuang MinUnder the Supervision ofMr. Tang GuopingSchool of Foreign Language and CulturesPanzhihua University67May 2006ContentsAbstractKey Words. 摘 要 . . 关键词.Introduction.1.The Social Background of this Novel2.Tess Bravery.4A. Tess Sexual Innocence.4B. Tess Fate of being Rapped.5C. Tess Bravery.6.Tess Responsibility.8A. The Responsibility to Her Family.8B. The Responsibility to the Other Three Milkmaids.9C. The Responsibility to her Family after Her Fathers Death.11. Tess Purity.14A. Her Purity in Her Mind.14B. Her Purity in Her Love for Clare.15Conclusion.19Acknowledgement.2067Bibliography.21AbstractThere is a beautiful story in Bible. It says the God creates man formed of the dust of the ground in his own image. And the God puts the man named Adam in a garden in Eden. But the God says, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helpmeet for him. So the God takes one of the mans ribs to make a woman. And Adam says, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she is taken out of Man. So many people think a woman is a part of a man. Men should rule over women. I cannot agree with this idea, because everyone is born equally. Every people has right to live his or her own life. Especially women should live for themselves, but not for men.This novel Tess of the dUrbervilles (1891) is generally regarded as Hardys finest novel. It centers on a young woman who struggles to find her place in society. When it is discovered that the low-class Durbeyfield family is in reality the dUrbervilles, the last of a famous bloodline that dates back hundreds of years, the mother sends her eldest daughter, Tess, to beg money from relatives with the obvious desire that Tess wed the rich Mr.dUrberville. So the story begins. In this novel, Tess experiences so much. She witnesses the death of Prince; she is taken advantage of by dUrbervilles; she marries and the next day leaves from her husband; she supports her family when her father is dead; and she kills Alec for her love; finally she is sentenced to death. Many people think she is a tragic woman. But she struggles with life. She is a responsible, brave and pure woman from the beginning to the end. So from these angles we cannot say she is a tragic woman again. In this essay, I am going to discuss her bravery, responsibility and purity. Key Words67brave; responsible; pure; tragic 摘 要圣经里有个故事是说上帝按他自己的形象用尘土创造了人，上帝将名为亚当的人安置在伊甸园。但上帝觉得让他孤独一人不是一件好事，他就想给他制造一个伴侣。因此上帝取了一根亚当的肋骨制造了一个女人。亚当认为她的骨头是他的，她的血是他的，因此她应该叫女人，因为她出自于男人。所以很多人认为一个女人应该是男人的一部分，男人应该统治女人。我不同意这样的想法。我认为每个人都是生来平等的，每个人都有权力过他们自己的生活，特别是女人应该为她们自己而活不是为了男人。德伯家的苔丝被认为是哈代最出色的小说。它以一个年轻女子力争在社会中寻找自己的位置为中心。当被发现德伯菲尔德实际上是可以追溯到几百年前的德伯维尔贵族的后裔时，母亲送大女儿苔丝去向亲戚借钱，其实是希望苔丝能与富裕的德伯维尔结婚。因此故事开始了。在这本小说里苔丝经历了很多：她目睹了王子的死；她被德伯维尔强暴；她嫁给了克莱尔却在第二天与其分离；当父亲去世以后她支撑着整个家庭；为了爱情她杀了阿历克；最后她被处死。许多人认为她的命运是悲惨的，但她勇于同生活做斗争，从始自终她是一个有责任，勇敢，纯洁的女人，因此从这些方面来说她不再是一个悲剧人物了。在这篇论文里我将就她的勇敢，责任心和纯洁做个阐述。关键词勇敢的；负责任的；纯洁的；悲惨的IntroductionTess of the dUrbervilles is written by Thomas Hardy, who was born on June 2, 1840, in Higer Bockhampton in Dorset, a rural region of southwestern England, which is the inspiration for many of his novel.Thomas Hardy begins Tess of the dUrbervilles with the title “Too Late Beloved” 67in 1888; the next year this novel serialized in the Graphic from July 4 to December 26, 1891, during which Hardy was forced to bowdlerize the text of Tess by his editors. Tess of the dUrbervilles subtitled A Pure Woman is the twelfth novel and was published in 3-volume form in December 1891 by Osgood, McIlvaine.Tess of the dUrbervilles(1891) came into conflict with Victorian morality. It explored the dark side of his family connections in Berkshire. In the story the poor villager girl Tess Durbeyfield is seduced by the wealthy Alec DUrberville. She becomes pregnant but the child dies in infancy. Tess finds work as a dairymaid on a farm and falls in love with Angel Clare, a clergymans son. They marry but when Tess tells Angel about her past, he hypocritically deserts her. Tess becomes Alecs mistress. Angel returns from Brazil, repenting his harshness, but finds her living with Alec. Tess kills Alec in desperation, she is arrested a hanged.Different people have different ideas when they finish reading it. J.I.M Stewart: ”Yet it is not in the final issue a depressing bookAnd this is because Tess Durbeyfield herself is as the sun at moon.” Dorothy Van Ghent ob