On Oinomaos Carriage Image in Tess of the D'Urbervilles
In the novel Tess,Hardy skillfully uses mythological images to carry out tragic narration.The image of the Onomanos carriage,which symbolizes violence,murder and death,appears three times based on dreams,indicating the three key nodes of the heroine Tess's tragedy"beginning,development and climax".The carriage image in the myth motif echoes the tragic rhythm in the realistic novel,and the art constructs the ups and downs of Tess's life tragedy.
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