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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Brief Introduction
During this term I read two books, one of which is named Tess of the d'Urbervilles. The great famous author is Thomas Hardy. He wrote the story based on his hometown, a little town in England. The book I chose was published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research and pressed in 2005. The whole book contains 294 pages. The story was very wonderful and shocking. I am introducing it to my friends.
Main Contents
The story is about a girl named Tess. It consists of Tess’s experiences. The story began with Tess’s father knowing about his real identity. He was the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of the d’Urbervilles, who deserve their descent from Sir Pagan d’Urberville,that renowned knight who came from Normandy with William the Conqueror. He was a gloat in his eyes, so at that night he drank heavily. Next day, Tess took the place of her father to send the honeycomb to the fair for money. But when they was on the way to the fair, because of her carelessness the old horse was knocked down to death. Tess felt ashamed, so she went to the d’Urbervilles to ask for help, following her mother's will. The playboy, Alec d’Urbervilles lost his heart to Tess's beautiful face and seduced her.
Tess found her never fall in love with Alec, then she left Trantridge for her home. Soon a son was born, but dead. She couldn't bear people's taunts so she decided to leave home. She went to Talbot hays dairy. Angel Clare, a parson's son learned to make milk in the dairy . He fell in love with Tess and proposed marriage to her. Tess hesitated about the marriage. Although she loved him very much, she couldn't accept his love because of her immortalization. Because she loved him very much ,at last she accepted his love. Her heart ordered herself to tell Clare the reality in spite of her mother's advice. If he could forgive her, she would marry him. Before the wedding, Tess laid the letter under the Clare's door, seeing Clare's attitude. When she felt that Clare was still kind to her, she believed that she got forgiven. But when the wedding was being held ; she found Clare hadn't seen the letter. She had no choice but to marry him. At the wedding night, Tess forgave his wrong things. When she told him her wrong tings, he couldn't forgive her and left her coldly.
Tess met with Alec again. Alec forced her to live with him. Tess's father died. They had to leave their house, because the cottage was in Tess's father’s name. Alec helped them and made her believe that Clare never forgave her. At last, Tess got stuck in Alec's trap.
Clare left Tess for Brazil and was going to buy a farm. But soon he was ill. In the end he came back in about a year. During the time, he reflected on his deeds. He realized he was cruel to her. He regretted doing the things. When he found Tess, Tess told it was too late because she had lived with Alec. Because Tess loved Clare very much, she murdered Alec to ran after Clare. They both escaped. They had five happy days in an empty house. Then Tess was arrested.
Clare and Tess's little sister saw that a tall post was fixed to the prison tower, which saw that Tess was dead. The story ended.
Excellent Episodes
1. Now take up the basket and tell them in the village to send a horse and carriage to me immediately. Here is a shilling for you.
2. The village of Marlott lies in the beautiful vale of Blackmon. Although this valley is only four hours away from London, It has not yet been discovered by tourists and artists. The best view of the vale is from the hills surrounding looks like a map spread out. it is a quiet, sheltered part of the countryside , where the fields are always green and the rivers never dry up. To south lies the great dividing line of hills. From here to coast the hills are open, the sun pours down on the huge dry fields, and the atmosphere is colorless. But here in the vale lies a completely different countryside, smaller and more delicate.
3. The fields are tiny, the air makes you sleepy, and the sky is of the deepest blue. Everywhere you can see a rich greenery of grass and trees; covering smaller hills and valleys. This is the vale of Blackmoor.
4. Six helpless creatures who had not asked to be born at all, much less to be part of irresponsible.
5. “Did you say the stars were the worlds, Tess?” “All like ours. They seem like our apples—most of them good, a few bad. Which do we live on?” “A good one or a bad one?" “ A bad one. ” When Aby realized what had happened, his face looked like an old man＇s.
6. But Tess didn't cry. Her face was dry and pale. She felt she had murdered a friend. Tess looked the old horse as a good friend , which implied Tess＇s loneliness.
7. “I do not like my children asking for help.” said he proudly, I am the head of the oldest branch of the family and a noble family like ours should not have to ask for help .
8. The vale of Blackmoor was her only world, and she had never been for outside the valley. She did not know she smiled innocently at the flower that behind the cigarette smoke was the cause of future sorrow in her life.
9 In life, the right man to love hardly ever comes at the right time for loving. Nature does not often answer a call for loving, until the caller is tired of calling
Reflection
After reading the story, I want to cry for Tess's sadness. I was merely shocked by Tess’s miserable and tragic fate. She did nothing wrong but she had to bear all these adversities that she didn’t deserve. I want to murder Alec. I hated Clare because he was so narrow-minded. When Tess forgave him, he couldn't forgive Tess. It was unfair to Tess. If he forgave her ,she will not be tempted by Alec. She couldn't murder Alec and she couldn't die. They could live happily. And all the things were opposite. If he had danced with her at that night, all the bad things couldn't appear. Tess also was still innocent. Then history can not be changed. All the things that had happened in the past had happened really. We must accept them, like Tess. And I feel that I am lucky for having good parents.
The story was a sad book. Tess's life was ruined gradually by the persons who said they loved her. Tess was a happy girl. Her life should be happy. But a suitable person hesitated; a wrong one expressed his love for her. When the suitable one realized Tess's innocence, it’s too late. We feel sad for him.
Sometimes I wonder why a nice woman couldn’t end up with a nice man. Is it just like the saying that beautiful women suffer unhappy fates? Tess always missed her Mr. right and her Mr. wrong always disturbed her life and wouldn’t let her go. All the three persons didn't know what’s true love. Alec thought love to be deprival and occupation；Angel thought love to be purity and ideal; Tess thought love to be toleration and waiting. They stuck in their illusion of love of which they never managed to get out. Alec and Tess was dead.
Who is to blame for this tragedy？Ale, Tess or Angel? Or ridiculous fate? I believe it was Tess herself. Certainly, that bad age and those hypocritical men were executioners that pushed Tess into the abyss of destruction. How stupid she is to wait for a man who did not understand her.
When there is no help from men, women should fight on their own instead of waiting for help from men since there is nothing needed to be forgiven.
In our real life, there are many similar stories. We have nothing to do. The world functions following its rule. But I still hope that people who love each other can have a happy marriage. Women’s tragedy will never come to an end until they treat themselves as totally independent, which means they can lead a normal life with or without men. I also hope women learn to how to live on their own.