第一篇:苔絲 讀書報告
TESS
100511Daisy(金陳潔)“Justice” was done, and President of the Immortals had ended his sport with Tess.This is a sentence coming from the book TESS, which was written by Thomas Hardy, a British poet and novelist.He has a lot of famous works, such as Far from the Madding Crowd, Desperate Remedies, A Pair of Blue Eyes and so on.Here he put the word “Justice” in quotes was to satirize the judge that was unjust and the society was faulty.From his book, we can see that after the Industrial Revolution, a lot of peasants in Britain went bankrupt and became poorer.What was more, most poor people at that time lead a bad life.By the way, the book TESS was one of the most typical works which could reflect that social background.Tess Durbeyfield, the leading character in the novel, was a beautiful, naive and kind-hearted girl.However, her fate was very unlucky.Under Alec’s lure approach, the poor girl was pregnant.Unfortunately, her child died and from now on these humiliating events made her be spurned by others.Furthermore, at the evening of her marriage, she was abandoned by her husband, Angel Clare, as a result of her shameful past.Hopelessly, she came back to Alec.Nevertheless, in order to have her own love and happiness, after her husband came back she killed Alec.Finally, although she had a short meeting with Angel Clare, she still was sentenced to death
for her fault.Tess is really a tragic figure in this book.She was always looking forward to true love and pure kindness;she was laborious and plain;she had a strong will and an enthusiastic heart.However, she till couldn’t escape from the so-called social morality and the social prejudice.Yes, she was worth sympathy.And apart from this, there were still someone should be mentioned.For example, Alec.Nominally,he was a nobleman.But as a matter of fact, his noble family name was just got by money.What’s more, in the help of his family’s money and power, he did many bad things.And Tess was one of the witnesses of his evils.Personally, I think, his result that he ended with death was an inevitable trend.Besides, here we can see one of the typical phenomena of Britain.This is his class structure which we can see from the influence of the family name of the figures.In addition, there is one person we cannot neglect.He was Angel Clare.To be honest, when I was reading this book, I felt angry with him for he misunderstood Tess and abandoned her at the evening of their marriage.Moreover, what he chose to do after he knew Tess’s past was just escape.When I read here, I just couldn’t control myself criticizing his heartless and sympathizing Tess’s tragic fate.However, when calming down, I viewed him again.I could not deny that when comparing with other rich people, Angel Clare was more polite and well-educated.Besides, he
loved rural life and wanted to find true love rather than wealth.Be that as it may, what he couldn’t get rid of was the traditional moral idea that was deep in his heart, which resulted in Tess’s being not forgiven and
abandoned.In other words, although he was a kind person in a way, he was still on behalf of the benefit of the capitalist class and kept some characteristics of the capitalist class.As a person, complex feeling may he or she had after reading.First and foremost, one may have a deep impression on the British society at that time, including the sympathy to the poor and the criticism to the high society.What’s more, the class structure, one of the British symbols, was also performed incisively and vividly in this book.For example, Tess went to ask the Durbeyfield for help was just because her father once heard that they were the distance relatives of the Durbeyfield.His father thought they were noblemen as well because they had the same blood as the Durbeyfield.Last but not least, the emotion between Tess and Clare tells us one truth: if we really love someone deeply, just believe your lover and stick to your love.No matter how much money he has or what mistakes he has made before, if he is willing to tell the truth and correct the mistake, that’s enough, isn’t it?
Nothing is perfect and justice cannot be seen from the surface.Just view our society from a clear and dialectical perspective.What’s more, learn to forgive and have a strong-minded will.Then do your best to
achieve it.
第二篇:《苔絲》讀書報告
Book report of《Tess of the D’Urbervilles》
About the author:
Thomas Hardy(1840—1928), is an English novelist who is famous for novels of character and environment.When he was young, he derived a love of music from his father and devotion to literature from his mother.He grew up in Dorset shire, of which the environment there became the main backdrop of his writings.His writing often reflected the change after capitalism intruded the countries in England and the people’s hard life.The novel《Tess of the D’Urbervilles》was published in the year of 1891,which was his most famous novel.The brief introduction of content:
It tells a story about a tragedy of a pure girl.One day, a rural clergyman told D’Urbervilles, who is a pour farmer, that he was descended from the illustrious D’Urbervilles family.And then, the D’Urbervilles couples wanted their daughter Tess to work in a family named D’Urbervilles in order to improve their social status.So Tess obeyed her parents’ requires, and went to the rich D’Urbervilles’ family.She was asked to feed the chicken there.In the rich D’Urbervilles family, there is a man named Alec.Alec thought Tess was so beautiful.He was attracted by her beautiful appearance.Horrible thing to Tess was happened one day.Alec raped her.After she left him, Tess was pregnant.She went back home, and gave birth to the baby.Unluckily, the baby died soon.Tess was so sad.She didn’t want to stay at home, so she decided to work.In another village, she worked as a milkmaid in a farm.There she met a good man named Angel Clare, who was her true love.Later, they fell in love.Angel Clare didn’t know her past until their wedding night.At that night, Angel abandoned her, although he had committed a crime to a woman.Deserted by her husband, she suffered from painful life.And she met Alec again, and the poverty forced her to resume their relationship.Tess became Alec’s mistress again.And, Angel went to Brazil, finding that he was wrong to Tess.When he came back to look for Tess, she was Alec’s mistress.But when she saw Angel, she waked up and hatred filled her heart.Then she killed Alec, and run away with Angel.They spent one night
of happiness together, before she was arrested.In the end, Angel promised Tess to live with her sister.My thought towards this book:
After reading this book, I feel so sad because of its unhappy ending.How beautiful Tess was!Why a beautiful girl can’t get a good result.Is it her beautiful appearance’s wrong? Is her parents’ wrong? Of course, it’s not her fault.It’s the society, the desire, and the discrimination to women.After raped her, Alec became a clergymen, but Tess’s life became horrible.She was looked down by others, and she can’t live like a normal girl.Everyone thought she wasn’t pure, and was dirty.But she had no choice.That wasn’t what she wanted.She was a sufferer, not a criminal.Why didn’t Angel forgive her? He had done a bad thing with other woman too.Tess loved him so deeply, but he didn’t value her.If he can forgive her at the beginning, maybe Tess won’t die, and they can live in a happy tune.I think, these caused by the society.If the society didn’t discriminate the women, others won’t think Tess wasn’t pure.And, of course, Angel won’t abandon her.Maybe, nowadays, more and more people think women are equal to men, but as women, we still need to be strong, and maintain our own interests.
第三篇:苔絲 讀書報告
Tess of the d’Urbervilles
-------a Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed
Thomas Hardy(1840-1928), novelist and poet, is one of English critical realism at the turn of the 19th century.His principal works are the Wessex Novels, include Tess of the d?Urbervillles, which is Hardy’s penultimate novel published in 1981 followed by his another masterpiece Jude of Obscue《無名的裘德》(1896),these two books can be regarded as the summit of his realism.Except these, Under the Greenwood Tree《綠林蔭下》(1872), The Return of the Native《還鄉(xiāng)記》(1878),The Mayor of Casterbridge 《卡斯特橋市長》(1886),are also his famous novels, describing the characters and environment of Hardy’s native countryside.In his works,he describe the poverty and decay of small farmers who became hired field hands.These farmers are treated badly and mercilessly by the rich landowners.This made the author crossly and painful, so there was a growing pessimistic vein runs in his novels.Tess of the d?Urbervillles, a Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed, Hardy’s most famous book, describes a tragically life story of a country girl---Tess.Tess is the daughter of a poor villager.When she was young, she was seduced by Alec d’Urbervilles, the son of a rich merchant.She gives birth to an illegitimate child, but under the great pressure of the rumors, she leaves home and works as a dairymaid.There she meets Angel Clare.They fall in love and are engaged to each other.On their wedding night, when they confessed to each other, Tess’s past memory couldn’t be accepted by Angel.They must have lived a happy and quiet life, but what happened in the past changed all this.Both Tess and Angel were miserable, they separated for a long time.Tess’s family live in starvation since her father died.At this time, Alec got the chance and lied to Tess thatAngel would not back, he asked Tess to be his lover.Tess agreed desperately, but at last she found Alec lied to her for Angel came back and found her.This annoyed Tess, she murdered him in a fit of despair.Then, Angel and Tess lived in a a short happy hiding time.Finally ,Tess was arrested and hanged.Such a poor girl, how innocent she is.But the dark society gives her an unfair fate.It is not fair and justice for the pure girl.As the author said “the gods had finished playing with Tess.Society had been ?justice? done”.Tess, who is a kind、obedient、staunch and well-developed country girl, she has a pure heart and simple mind, always wants to do her best to give her family a better life, so she went to a rich noble d’Urbervilles whom his father said has relationship with his family, there she was tempted by young Alec d’Urbervilles.Thus, she began her tragically fate.Alec is an irresponsible man, who is selfish and reckless,his impulse behavior destroyed Tess’s whole life.But he only said” I?m sorry to hurt you, but do not keep accusing me.I ?m ready to pay for it.” He said this so easy, but how to pay, even though he gives Tess all his money, he can’t, because Tess doesn’t love him, and the virginity of a pure girl is priceless,the miser he gives her cannot be paid even use Alec’s life.After these sufferings, Angel appeared, this man made Tess think she met her true love, so her pure and simple mind let her tell Angel what happen to her, but this made the newly married separated.Angel is also selfish but conscientious, he thought he love Tess, but he can’t accept Tess was not a virgin even though he has engaged in premarital sex.He thought he was a free thinker, but his notions of morality turn out to be fairly conventional.But Angel finally realized his cruel and he came back to Tess, and gave him the last happy time.As the author said “it was not the two halves of a perfect whole who met.A missing half wandered somewhere else, arriving much later.This delay was to have tragic results.” Both of the two men said they love Tess, but it is not true love.What make Tess suffer such a terrible life, in my opinion, there are three reasons for Tess’s tragic fate which from her family, the society and her own character.We all know she was born in a poor downfallen noble family, her irresponsible parents is the symbol of her tragic fate.For her family’s unique prosperity “princess” died on the way to market when Tess want to go instead her drunken father.For there is no source of income, her parents wanted her to go rich d’Urbervilles and told them they have relationships and hoped Tess can marry the gentleman---Alec.So they would have a better life.Tess was unwilling to go, but she felt guilty, her kind heart made her promised to go, there she began her tragic fate.At that time, its very unfair to the female, Tess’s tragedy was due to social morals root.This just was explaining bourgeoisie politics system reactionary, indicated the unimportant persons in the lower level social class were impossible to obtain the fair treatment in the society.She is a pure girl, but people think what she has suffered was deserved for she can’t defend herself.Her behavior was treated as disloyal, unchaste and obscene.In Victoria times, man and woman can’t be equal in marriage.From the novel we can know Angel has engaged in premarital sex, but when he knew Tess was not virgin, he was nearly crazy and cannot bear it.He said he love Tess, he believed in free thought, but at that time his selfish、narrow-eyed and irresponsible exposed to us.For the unfair moral law in capitalist society, man has no influence when they are not faithful to their wife, but if woman does they think woman is guilty.In the novel, when Tess murdered Alec, the first time she wanted to defend herself, she was treated as a criminal and was hanged.The joke which fate wants to play with her ended at last.Tess’s character also leads to the tragic end.Because her pure and kind, she didn’t realize Alec’s trick, this gave Alec chance to approach her and lost her pure, though Alec hurt her, for Alec’s help, she felt appreciate rather than hate.But when she met Angel, she loves him too much that she cannot bear to cheat him.She told him about her past without thinking the results.Her frank character made her fall into miser another time.If she said nothing to Angel, she may live a happy life.She regrets that she didn’t keep her pure to Angel, so before she died, she asked Angel to marry her sister, she said “She has all the best of me without my bad side.” She lingered along the morality, her insisting struggle, compromise,and the last defense of herself can make us think that the most beautiful thing is relentless destroyed by the dark strength.What a poor girl Tess is!Hardy describes a feeling of dismal foreboding and doom.Fateful circumstances and tragic coincidences was vivid appearing in this novel.“These do not, however, eclipse the chief message of truthful portrayal of the tragic lot of a poor country girl ruined by the bourgeois society.”
From Tess can also reflect the poor fate the farmers had suffered at that time.Tess is the typical symbol of the poor farmer.Tess was a strong woman throughout the novel.She stood up for herself and refused to crumble under pressure.It is true Tess should deserve respect because of enduring a great deal of pain but she can also insist her own purity.Her unyielding spirit of revolt is deserved to learn and respect.Tess of the d’Urbervilles
-------a Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed
班 級:外語0842 姓 名:孫美玲 學(xué) 號:13
第四篇:讀書報告:苔絲
Book report of Tess of the D’Urbervilles I.Introduction Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, also known as Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Tess of the d'Urbervilles or just Tess, is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891,which proved to be successful.1.1 The Author Thomas Hardy(1840-1928), novelist and poet, is one of the representatives of English critical realism at the turn of the 19th century.He was born in Dorset, a southern county of England, which he called Wessex in his books.His father wanted him to become a builder as he was.At the age of 22, Hardy went to London, where he studied architecture for five years.But at the same time, he also becomes interested in literature and philosophy.On his return to his native countryside in 1867, Hardy worked as an architect for several years.His first attempt at literature proved successful.So he gave up architecture and made literature his profession.1.2 The author’s times Thomas Hardy lived in the Victorian Era.At that time, there was a very strict morality, particularly concerning the relationship between men and women.A woman was still the property of her husband or father.In the late nineteenth century, the British invaded the capitalist mode of production in agriculture in remote areas, which brought agricultural workers misfortune and bad luck.In that period, the British Empire was going through a few bad turns, it was maintained in the world of industrial monopoly position in the gradual loss of the capitalist world because the outbreak of severe economic crisis in the seventies.After two decades, Britain was almost constantly in a crisis and depression.In rural areas, a outbreak of a serious crisis happened.Based on this time background, Thomas Hardy wrote Tess of the D’Urbervilles,in which the peasants of Wessex are oppressed and squeezed by farmers, thus reflecting the changes of Victorian Era during the Industrial Revolution and women are subsidiary to men, which reveals the fact that morality at that time was strict.This book can be seen as reflection of Thomas Hardy?s time..II.The Story 2.1 The background of the story
Tess of the D’Urbervilles presents complex picture of both the importance of social class in nineteenth-century England and the relationship between men and women.The D?Urbervilles is really nobility and the Duebeyfields truly are authentic nobility.But Duebeyfields family has fallen down, which leads Tess to seek help from D?Urbervilles and finally results to her tragedy.After Tess confesses to Clare, he leaves her.In the novel, we can see that women should keep virginity at that time in society, and she would be denounced by the people if she lost her virginity.It is unfair, but this is the fact.2.2 A Summary of the Book Tess of the D’Urbervilles, a Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed, tells the tragic life of a beautiful country girl, Tess Durbeyfield.Tess is the daughter of poor villager who at the beginning of the novel, discovers that he is the descendent of the ancient family of the D?Urbervilles.So Tess is encouraged by her parents to seek out the old noble family.Yet, she is seduced by Alec D?Urberville, the son of a rich merchant who has bought his title into the class of gentry.Tess gives birth to an illegitimate child, thus scandalizing the narrow-minded people around her.The child dies soon after its birth, and she is considered a sinful woman.Trying to build a new life for herself, she leaves home and works at a distant farm as a dairymaid.There she meets Angel Clare, a clergyman?s son.The young couple fall in love and are engaged to each other.On their wedding night, Tess confesses to Angel her affair with Alec.Angel, who has had some affair with a bad woman, casts her off.Soon he leaves for Brazil.Misfortune and hardship come upon poor Tess and her family.Her father die and the whole family members are threatened with starvation.Now Alec has become a preacher, still rich and still influential.Tess has made some pathetic appeals to Angel Clare to come back from abroad but in vain, and Alec tells her that Clare will never come back and presses his attentions upon her.She is driven to accept his protection and lives with him.Clare, returning from Brazil and feeling regretted for his harshness to Tess, finds her in such a bad situation.Maddened by this second wrong done her by Alec, she murders him in a fit of despair.After hiding with Clare in a forest for a short time, Tess falls into the claws of law.She is arrested, tried and hanged.At the end of the story, the author writes sarcastically: “?Justice? was done, and the Present of the Immortals(in Aeschylean phrase)had ended his sport with Tess.” III.My Views on the Book Tess of the d'Urbervilles is set in the town of “wessex”, which is an imaginary world covering a large area of the southern and western countries of England.In this area, people face the collapse caused by mechanization of agriculture in the late nineteenth century.It is a fierce attack on the hypocritical morality of the bourgeois society the capitalist invasion into the country and destruction of the English peasantry towards the end of the century.Thomas Hardy adopts the symbolism to polish the characters.Tess is the daughter of nature.When others see her, she will be nervous, just as domestic animals become upset when finding someone is seeing them.The author uses Tess to symbolize nature.Everything around Tess is quite calm and can live in harmony with her.She can ride the horse “prince” to deliver bees and catch chickens in farms.What?s more, the author use Angel Clare and Alec to symbolize human beings while Tess to symbolize nature.By developing the plot of Tess is finally hanged because of what the two men, the author wants to tell us human beings tends to conquer and destroy nature, which is also the reflection of changes happened in the 19th century.Tess of the d'Urbervilles tells the tragic life of a beautiful, brave, hard-working country girl.By using the subtitle of “A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”, the author tries to tell us that in his opinion, Tess is a pure woman although man criticism has been aroused.In my opinion, Tess is a pure woman.4 First, Tess is beautiful not only in her appearance but in her heart.She was “a fine and handsome girl”.When their horse “prince” died, she becomes so guilty that she is willing to find work to support her poor family, which results in her seduction by Alec and losing her virginity.Second, Tess is brave to pursue her own love.After she is seduced by Alec, she cannot stand being controlled by Alec, so she leaves.After that, she meets and falls in love with Angel Clare.On their wedding night, Tess tells Angel that she has lost her virginity because she doesn?t want to cheat Angel.She has a strong desire to pursue true love, but Angel thinks Tess is no longer the one he loves, so he leaves Tess.In the beginning, if Tess is willing to be a mistress of Alec, she can go into upper class.But she doesn?t.From this, we can say that Tess is a pure woman.Third, when Tess is arrested, she doesn?t protest.She obeys the law and is calm.In conclusion, Tess is a pure woman.Although she is not pure in body, she is pure in spirit.By creating the character of Tess, Thomas Hardy wants to show the good qualities of wessex people.The book reflects the spirit of human kind-hearted, hard-working, self-sacrifice, and the thirst for freedom.In a word, Tess is the artistic character who destroys herself in order to defend human dignity, values and virtues.It grabs all our compassion and sympathy As to the novel?s relevance to the present time, there are some prejudice against women and lower class people.It not only shows the problems of industrial revolution, but also reflects the social reality today.Nowadays, there still many people live in lower class.Their fate is predetermined tragic, driven by a combined force of “nature”, both inside and outside.Mankind is subjected to the rule of some hostile and mysterious fate, which brings misfortune to human life.As to the humanity, we can see some good qualities from Tess.She is kind, brave and hardworking.Even though the fate and reality are unfair, she struggles and wants to find true love.Women nowadays should learn her good qualities.They should learn to be independent in economy, thus making them have a position in society.After reading Tess of the d'Urbervilles, I have not only something form Thomas Hardy, such as his writing skills and ideas, but I have also learn some good qualities from Tess.She is a pure woman, who is brave, hardworking and kind.Her spirit will last forever in the literature world.
第五篇:苔絲讀書報告
book report of《tess of the d’urbervilles》 about the author: thomas hardy(1840—1928), is an english novelist who is famous for novels of character and environment.when he was young, he derived a love of music from his father and devotion to literature from his mother.he grew up in dorset shire, of which the environment there became the main backdrop of his writings.his writing often reflected the change after capitalism intruded the countries in england and the people’s hard life.the novel《tess of the d’urbervilles》was published in the year of 1891,which was his most famous novel.the brief introduction of content: of happiness together, before she was arrested.in the end, angel promised tess to live with her sister.my thought towards this book: after reading this book, i feel so sad because of its unhappy ending.how beautiful tess was!why a beautiful girl can’t get a good result.is it her beautiful appearance’s wrong? is her parents’ wrong? of course, it’s not her fault.it’s the society, the desire, and the discrimination to women.after raped her, alec became a clergymen, but tess’s life became horrible.she was looked down by others, and she can’t live like a normal girl.everyone thought she wasn’t pure, and was dirty.but she had no choice.that wasn’t what she wanted.she was a sufferer, not a criminal.why didn’t angel forgive her? he had done a bad thing with other woman too.tess loved him so deeply, but he didn’t value her.if he can forgive her at the beginning, maybe tess won’t die, and they can live in a happy tune.i think, these caused by the society.if the society didn’t discriminate the women, others won’t think tess wasn’t pure.and, of course, angel won’t abandon her.maybe, nowadays, more and more people think women are equal to men, but as women, we still need to be strong, and maintain our own interests.篇二:《德伯家的苔絲》讀書報告
《德伯家的苔絲》讀書報告
班級 漢語言081班 姓名 趙彤 學(xué)號200850515133 書名:《德伯家的苔絲》
出版社:外語教學(xué)與研究出版社、牛津大學(xué)出版社
作者:托馬斯·哈代(1840—1928)是英國最偉大的小說家和詩人之一。他一生共創(chuàng)作了
15部長篇小說(出版十四部、4個短篇小說集、8卷詩、2部詩劇,是世界文學(xué)中最重要的經(jīng)典作家之一。他的大部分作品,包括這部《德伯家的苔絲》,都是以他的故鄉(xiāng)——英國南海岸的多爾賽特為背景的。
背景:《德伯家的苔絲》這部小說是哈代進(jìn)入晚期小說創(chuàng)作的標(biāo)志。小說反映的時代背景是
傳統(tǒng)的威塞克斯農(nóng)村社會已大體上被資產(chǎn)階級社會所占領(lǐng),社會秩序發(fā)生了根本性的變化,農(nóng)民為了生存不得不去尋找一條同過去完全不同的生活道路,于是哈代將創(chuàng)作的重心放在了濃郁的人道主義色彩,在主題上更加廣泛和深刻,表現(xiàn)了維多利亞時代資產(chǎn)階級的倫理道德、宗教法律、婚姻愛情、教育制度、人際關(guān)系等重大社會主題,從對資產(chǎn)階級社會的一般性描寫轉(zhuǎn)入整個社會的揭露、控訴和批判。
時間地點:第一階段(處女——不再是處女)
馬勒特村、純?nèi)鸺?/p>
第二階段(新生活——一個悔過自新的人)
塔爾勃塞牛奶場、愛敏斯特、馬勒特村、弗林特石灰谷
第三階段(結(jié)局)
愛敏斯特、馬勒特村、桑德伯恩
主要人物:馬勒特村
純?nèi)鸺?/p>
塔爾勃塞牛奶場 理查德·克里克(場主)、安吉爾·克萊爾(牧師)——男主 角、伊茨(擠奶工)、瑪麗安(擠奶工)、蕾蒂(擠奶工)
愛敏斯特(安吉爾家)老克萊爾、母親、兩個哥哥、默茜·錢特小姐
故事內(nèi)容:《苔絲》這部小說講述了在英國一個名叫馬勒特村里面的德比家,一個沒落的古
老“貴族”約翰·德比,他有七個孩子,最大的女兒名叫苔絲,是他們整個村莊
長得最美麗的姑娘。由于家庭生活條件太差,德比夫人便想著讓苔絲去找他們“同
血統(tǒng)”的親戚德伯家族尋求幫助??墒巧屏继煺娴奶z被狡猾不正經(jīng)的亞力克·德
伯誘奸,以至于懷了孩子。在遭遇了一次少女的不幸后,苔絲在一個牛奶場遇到
了自己的真愛——安吉爾·克萊爾,可是由于自己當(dāng)年的“過錯”讓這對有情人
沒能延續(xù)幸福,當(dāng)他們都幡然悔悟時,卻已是無可挽回。當(dāng)苔絲殺死了無恥的亞
力克后,等待她的只有法律的制裁?? 小說情節(jié)摘要:“為什么她一定要遇上這個不適合卻如此垂涎于她的男人?而她留給那個適
合于她的男人的,只不過是一個來自鄉(xiāng)間黃昏舞會的已經(jīng)模糊了的印象。在生活中,適合于愛的男人很少在適合于愛的時間出現(xiàn)。上天總是無視人們對
愛的呼喚,直至人們呼喚得精疲力竭?!?/p>
“她沒有意識到,雖然她觸犯了一條公認(rèn)的社會戒律,但她卻從沒違反過自
然。她就像樹林里熟睡的鳥兒或樹籬下的田間小動物一樣清白無辜?!? “那種對幸福的渴望,那種存在于每一個有生命的物體中的渴望,終于重新
贏得了苔絲” “女人們通常要經(jīng)歷這種生活。對多數(shù)被生活玩弄過的女人們來說,‘哪兒
有生活,哪兒就有希望’仍是一條不變的真理?!? “他領(lǐng)悟到他們跟他沒有什么不同,他和他們一樣都是風(fēng)塵仆仆的趕路人,他們的最終歸宿都是死亡?!?/p>
“現(xiàn)在,苔絲的生活只有兩種:實實在在的快樂和實實在在的痛苦。” 讀后感:苔絲這個女性角色,她不同于傳統(tǒng)的柔弱的女子,美麗迷人是她的資質(zhì),可是她在更深層次上來說是一個想憑自己的雙手勞動謀生、追求自己起碼的幸福權(quán)利的淳樸
姑娘,可是社會的強權(quán)卻沒有給她這樣的機會,在遭遇了誘奸、拋棄的重重打擊與
傷害后,最終釀成了苔絲的命運悲劇。
苔絲女性悲劇的社會因素
小說中的苔絲代表著十九世紀(jì)晚期英國農(nóng)業(yè)階層的過渡時期的農(nóng)民形象,苔絲是一
個有點文化基礎(chǔ)的年輕人,所以她不希望和父輩一樣生活,可是貧窮卻阻礙了她追
求更高層次的生活的機會,就像小說中一個情節(jié)是苔絲和安吉爾一起送新鮮牛奶搬 運至火車,苔絲想到他們冒雨趕了這么遠(yuǎn)的路,就是為了讓倫敦人能夠及時喝到牛
奶,“苔絲看呆了”,因為對她來說,生活是多么的艱辛,家里的任何困難幾乎都落
在了她的肩上,以至于搭上了自己的貞潔和幸福。女主角苔絲遭受的壓力是多方面的,她為了生活,不得不遭受農(nóng)業(yè)資本家的剝削,并受到富家子弟的玷污;此外,還有來自社會道德的審判,苔絲的不幸成了人們審視道德的樣本,那些指指點點、異樣的眼光無不啃噬著苔絲年輕的生命。就像在被亞力克奸污后,苔絲生下了那個
無辜的孩子,可是當(dāng)這個幼小的生命走向終點的時候,卻連靈魂的落腳處都沒有,一向滿口仁愛的牧師也不能給予他歸宿,無助的苔絲只能自己給孩子進(jìn)行洗禮,一
個來自母親的特殊的洗禮。當(dāng)然給苔絲最大的打擊還是來自愛人安吉爾的拋棄,可
憐的苔絲承受著來自家庭、生活、社會的重重磨練都不曾跌倒,可是在自己心愛的人面前還是讓心靈的最后一道屏障崩垮,即使這份愛曾經(jīng)回來過,可也只能是覆水
難收。亞力克的種種丑陋代表了農(nóng)民階層的經(jīng)濟(jì)貧困、不公正的法律制度,而安吉
爾的背棄則表現(xiàn)出了偽善的宗教和資產(chǎn)階級的虛偽道德觀。亞力克的無恥和不敢承
擔(dān)都表現(xiàn)出了這些資產(chǎn)階級的假面孔,安吉爾的不負(fù)責(zé)任和心胸狹隘也同樣表現(xiàn)出
了資產(chǎn)階級的虛偽,然而這所有的罪責(zé)卻全部落在了苔絲身上。小說中最具有諷刺
意味的便是那個“悔過自新的人”,當(dāng)苔絲再次見到惡棍亞力克的時候,他竟然在對人眾講授《圣經(jīng)》,充分表現(xiàn)了社會的黑暗和宗教的虛偽。
苔絲女性悲劇的性格因素
造成苔絲悲劇的性格方面的原因是大自然賦予她的純樸與善良,這讓她無法與人面
獸心的亞力克相處,也不能像安吉爾隱瞞自己人生的“污點”,因為她沒有沾染多
少“文明”,所以也就缺乏功利的計謀,她的純樸的本能超過了人人與生俱來的保
護(hù)自己的本能,這樣就不可避免地造成她的命運悲劇。苔絲鄙視自己所謂的高貴的家族血統(tǒng),認(rèn)為自己應(yīng)該靠誠實的勞動來獲取人生的幸福,她看不慣父親的洋洋得
意,看不慣母親的沾沾自喜,這些都充分表明苔絲質(zhì)樸、純真、鄙視門第觀念的高
貴品質(zhì)。同時她愿意為了家庭而無私地犧牲自己,當(dāng)家里面臨嫉妒的困難時,她竟
會選擇與無恥的亞力克同居,以換取這個惡棍的幫助,當(dāng)然這也表明那個時代下一
個女子的無助和可悲,想要自食其力而不得的悲劇人生。小說中通過苔絲與安吉爾的愛情悲劇表現(xiàn)了苔絲在重重的宗教道德的沖擊下作繭
自縛的性格悲劇。由于苔絲出身于一個農(nóng)民家庭,身上或多或少殘存這一些舊道德
和宿命觀點,使她在反抗是又有了軟弱的一面。比如,她在聽到別人議論一個女子
和別的男人的風(fēng)流故事的時候,就不由自主的聯(lián)系到自己身上,不免是一種痛苦和
折磨,她在收到世俗輿論和道德迫害的同時,也在用其審視著自己,從而認(rèn)為自己
是有罪的,“認(rèn)為自己是罪惡的化身”,她其實比別人更加忘記不了自己的恥辱。苔
絲正是用自己織成的一張道德網(wǎng)將自己束縛起來,將自己推向罪惡的深淵。以至于
苔絲自己認(rèn)為她在肉體上是亞力克的妻子,而在名義上才是安吉爾的太太,這正是
苔絲濃重保守性的體現(xiàn)。再有就是苔絲在安吉爾知道她的秘密以后,為了減輕自己的“罪惡”,她可以說是用自己的愛做了安吉爾的奴隸,愿意為他去死,只求安吉
爾能夠原諒自己的“失身”,而反過來,苔絲卻對安吉爾的“污點”無限包容了,這種反差也凸顯了苔絲過于放大自己的過錯,以至于自己無法擺脫心靈束縛的自我困境。正是這種思想、這種保守性加重了苔絲的悲劇。
忠誠與背棄重壓下的柔弱身軀 苔絲的善良和誠實,讓她在這個黑暗的社會中綻放異樣的光彩,可是這個光圈讓一
個女孩子有些受之不起,沒有人理解,沒有人同情,父親的認(rèn)不清現(xiàn)實、母親的唯
利是圖,一幫弟弟妹妹的生活負(fù)擔(dān),這些都落在了苔絲這個花季少女的雙肩上。小 說中一個引子是苔絲家的一匹馬出意外死掉了,這讓苔絲內(nèi)心充滿了自責(zé),于是苔
絲放棄了自己追求幸福的權(quán)利,遵從了母親的要求,來到了亞力克的身邊。正是出
自對家庭的一份忠誠,苔絲舍棄了太多,無獨有偶,當(dāng)她又要回到亞力克的身邊時,同樣是出自對家庭的一份責(zé)任。再來說說苔絲和安吉爾,其實苔絲如果向安吉爾撒 了謊,完全有可能和安吉爾獲得人生的幸福,可是出于對愛情的忠誠,這個純潔的女子選擇向忠誠低頭,可笑的是苔絲并非一個基督教徒,卻擁有如此純凈的靈魂,她的字典里沒有背叛和欺瞞,而那些道貌岸然的教徒們卻處處顯露出自己的虛偽和
冷血。
苔絲的短暫生命里收獲的只是一種短暫的情愫,當(dāng)安吉爾口口聲聲向苔絲表明心意
時,幾近將這個美麗的女子的內(nèi)心融化,可是當(dāng)他知道苔絲的不幸時,卻只有悔恨,責(zé)怪苔絲為什么早早的沒有告訴他事情的真相,讓他早有這個心理準(zhǔn)備,恐怕,在 那個時候他也只會義無反顧的離開,就像他拋下新婚的妻子,獨自踏上巴西之路一
樣,在苔絲無數(shù)次呼喚他——一個曾經(jīng)鐘情無比的丈夫時,只有杳無聲息的等待陪
伴她。