ThomasHardy托马斯哈代解读

11/15/2024ThomasHardy11/15/2024

Life

WritingFeatures

Works

LiteraryThemeMaincontents11/15/2024

Hardywasbornin1840inHigherBockhamptonIn1862,hewenttoLondonIn1867,hedecidedtodedicatehimselftowritingIn1870,HardymetandfellinlovewithEmmaLavinia,whomhemarriedin1874.In1914,HardymarriedhissecretaryFlorenceEmilyDugda

ThomasHardy'sLife

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HardydiedatMaxGateon11January1928.HisheartwasburiedatStinsfordwithEmma,andhisashesinPoets'Corner.

ThomasHardy'sLife

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PoetryCollections:

WessexPoemsandOtherVerses(1898)

PoemsofthePastandthePresent(1901)

Time'sLaughingstocksandOtherVerses(1909)

SatiresofCircumstance(1914)

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NovelsofCharacterandEnvironment:

ThePoorManandtheLady(1867,

unpublishedandlost)

UndertheGreenwoodTree:ARural

Paintingofthe

DutchSchool(1872)

FarfromtheMaddingCrowd(1874)

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NovelsofRomancesandFantasies

APairofBlueEyes:ANovel(1873)

WessexTales(1888,acollectionofshortstories)

Tessofthed'Urbervilles:APureWoman

Faithfullypresented(1891)

JudetheObscure(1895)

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NovelsofIngenuity(精于结构的小说)

DesperateRemedies:ANovel(1871)

TheHandofEthelberta:AComedyin

Chapters(1876)

ALaodicean:AStoryofTo-day(1881)

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MainDrama

TheDynasts《列王》:AnEpic-DramaoftheWarwithNapoleon(versedrama)

TheDynasts,Part1(1904)

TheDynasts,Part2(1906)

TheDynasts,Part3(1908)

ThomasHardy'sworksII11/15/2024HardyexaminesthesocialconstraintsonthelivesofthoselivinginVictorianEngland,andcriticizesthosebeliefs,especiallythoserelatingtomarriage,educationandreligion,thatlimitedpeople'slivesandcausedunhappiness.Fateorchanceisanotherimportanttheme.Hardy'scharactersoftenencountercrossroadsonajourney,ajunctionthatoffersalternativephysicaldestinationsbutwhichisalsosymbolicofapointofopportunityandtransition,furthersuggestingthatfateisatwork.

LiteraryThemeⅢ11/15/2024

Literaturefeatures:realism,useofirony,verseepic

Symbolism:Tessofthed'UrbervillesFatalism:mysteriousorpowerfulforcesandblindchanceguidingtheaffairsofmankind.Wessexnovels

WritingFeatures

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TessoftheD'Ubervill

--ThomasHard11/15/2024Majorcharacters’featureThemsMotifsImportant

Quotations

ExplainedPlotOverviewMaincontents11/15/2024

TessDurbeyfieldthedaughterofapoorvillgarAlecD'urbervillesAngelClarethesonofarichmerchantaclergyman'sson

PlotOverview

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AngelClareAnintelligentyoungmanwhohasdecidedtobecomeafarmertopreservehisintellectualfreedomfromthepressuresofcitylife.Heisamanipulative,sinisteryoungman

Majorcharacters’featureⅡAlecD'urbervillesAngelClare11/15/2024

Thenovel’sprotagonist.Tessisabeautiful,loyalyoungwomanlivingwithherimpoverishedfamilyIntelligent,strikinglyattractive,anddistinguishedbyherdeepmoralsensitivityandpassionateintensity,beautiful,pure,kind,simple,love,andtolerance

Majorcharacters’featureⅡTessDurbeyfield11/15/2024

TheInjusticeofExistence

ChangingIdeasofSocialClassinVictorian

England

MenDominatingWomen

ThemesandSymbolsⅢ11/15/2024Symbolsareobjects,characters,figures,orcolorsusedtorepresentabstractideasorconcepts.

Prince

Thed’UrbervilleFamilyVaultBrazil

ThemesandSymbolsⅢ11/15/2024“Justice”wasdone,andthepresidentoftheimmortals(inAeschyleanphrase)hadendedhissportwithTess.Andthed’Ubervilleknightsanddamessleptonintheirtombsunknowing.Thetwospeechlessgazersbentthemselvesdowntotheearth,asifinprayer,andremainedtherealongtime,absolutelymotionless:theflagcontinuedtowavesilently.Assoontheyhadstrengththeyarose,joinedhandsagain,andwenton.

Important

Quotations

ExplainedⅣJudetheObscure——TomasHardyMaincontentsBackgroundinformationCommentsonthenovelMainplotofthenovelCharacteranalysis

BackgroundinformationⅠJudetheObscure,thelastofThomasHardy’stragicnovels.Beganasamagazineandwasfirstlypublishedinbookformin1895.Thethemesinthenovelrevolvearoundissuesofclass,education,religionandmarriage.OneoftheWessexnovels（威赛克斯小说）ofHardy.

MainplotofthenovelIIJudeFawleyisayoungWessexvillagerwhohasintellectualaspirationsand,buthadnochancetobeadmittedatuniversityeventually.HeroineSueisbeautifulandthemoreimportantthingisthatshehasindependentpersonalityandthoughts.Shelookeddownuponthesecularandrigidreligions.However,sheandJude'slovewasnotpermittedbythechurchandthesecularsociety.Judehadnowaytosupporthisfamilyandtrappedintothemiseries.ThenJude’seldestsonhunghisyoungsisterandbrotherandkillshimself.Suewasdistressedbythisreality,eventuallysuccumbtothefateandchurch,leftJudeandreturnedtoPhilloston.WhileJudebeginsdrinkingheavilyandiswheedledbyArabella.Judediesmiserablysoonafter.

CharacteranalysisⅢShewhoisasexycountrygirl,withstrongdesire.Sheissometimesregardedasthetrueheroineofthebookassheseemstosucceedandhavethefinalwordintheend.Sheistheinstrumentoftheviciousuniversesetonplayingacosmicjokeuponthehelplesshuman.

CharacteranalysisⅢSheiswell-educated,intelligent,andindependentassheistrainedtomakealivingforherself.HardyportraysSueasakindofnakedVenus,aspecimenofpurityandvirginity.Sheisnotatraditionalwomanbutafeminist.Herimagerepresentsthegrowthofamodernfemaleself-awareness.

CharacteranalysisⅢHeisacompleteman-physicallyvirileaswellasspirituallyaspiring;it