Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891),the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy,tells the tragical life story of a beautiful country girl. Although the heroine, Tess, was intelligent, beautiful,industrious and kind-hearted,she was finally hanged as the only victim of the story. The root of her tragedy was caused by the bourgeoisie society. Firstly her tragedy comes from the society:the inequali-ty of the law, the false of the religion and the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie society. Secondly, Tess ’s tragedy is produced by her own characters. In addition, the tragedy of Tess is inevitable. Thus, Tess’s tragedy was produced by both the society and her own character, which is closely related to the bourgeoisie society.
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