查看更多>>摘要:"Tess of the d' Urbervilles" is one of the realistic books of Thomas Hardy.The heroine Tess is the outstanding female image created by Hardy and also an idealized artistic model.Her fate represents the beauty of the book and brings the readers aesthetic feeling.By analysing the character background and the special social conditions depicted in the novel,we can see the social powers of deciding Tess' tragic fate.It results in the typicalness and inevitability of Tess' fate.Hardy' s realistic thought about the society and his progressive ideas,which arouses attention of the readers.