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The Impression of Reading Tess of the d’Urbervilles

In most works of Thomas Hardy’s ，he almost entirely concerns his native West Country—Wessex . For Hardy, nature was the primary fact in life. He felt that nature was good because it represented free life in its honest, basic form. Nature was also harsh and demanding, punishing those who did not live in tune with it. For most of his major character, life is a struggle to regain the simplicity and truth of natural living. Most of them are sensual women like “Tess” in Tess of the d’Urbervilles , they are the common villains in Hardy’s novels .The Wessex novels are similar in mant other ways. All of them rely heavily on sensational incidents and their plots are overloaded with exciting climaxes.

Of all the Wessex novels, Tess of the d’Urbervilles is one of the most typical one. The other one is Jude the Obscure. Wessex raised a storm of controversy because of their “indecent” subject matter. Today, their subjects would be considered harmless, even dull, but the Victorians were outraged by his gloomy outlook and lack of sweetness.

The subtitle of the novel is “A Pure Maiden”. The novel portrays a pure maiden’s tragic experience. In Tess of the d’Urbervilles, a pure, just and industrious rural maiden Tess became degenerate under the press of society. She was filled with love and the trust in others. After being raped by Alec, she left Alec’s home, which embodies her pure heart and her yearning for well-being life. She didn’t want to live with a man she hated.

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Afterwards, she learnt of her pregnancy. In spite of the blame of her friends and family, she gave birth to the baby and brought him up, which embodies her dignity. At last, she couldn’t tolerate the misery of her infidelity to her husband, so she killed Alec, who raged her, and finally she committed a suicide, which embodies her loyalty. However, all of these were repelled by the society at that time. Her behavior was regarded as harm to the society’s moral, and she was regarded as a sinful woman. On the surface, the gist of the novel is to describe the misery of a sufferer who was criticized by the society without any sympathy. But actually, what the author really wanted to convey was the false moral standard and the ugly manners at that time, and Tess was the victim of the corrupt society. Hardy wholly revealed abuse of the social manners through the description of Tess’s tragic experiences.

Of course, Tess’s ending not only had the society elements, but also was connected with her own character. These factors were all closely associated with the capitalist society at that time, and were the reflection of the society. Consequently, Tess’s life doomed to a tragedy.