Open AccessThe Causes of Tess’s Tragedy
Author(s) -
Yu Kun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1911-2025
pISSN - 1911-2017
DOI - 10.5539/ass.v7n1p71
Subject(s) - tragedy (event) , misfortune , peasant , industrialisation , girl , sociology , literature , philosophy , history , aesthetics , law , political science , psychology , art , developmental psychology , narrative
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, the masterpiece of British famous critical realistic writer Thomas Hardy, describes the misfortune of a poor peasant girl Tess, the cause of which has always been the concern of people. This paper will practically explore Tess’s tragic fate as the result of industrialization and patriarchal society, which will help the reader to understand Hardy’s Tess of d’Urbervilles from a new angle