character-analysis-of-tess德伯家的苔丝人物性格分析.ppt

Tess of the D'Urbervilles,--character analysis of Tess,Contents:,A brief introduction of Tess' life experience Characteristics The cause of Tess’s tragedy generated,The film made in 1979,,,The film made by BBC,the protagonist; the eldest daughter in a poor rural working family--the Durbeyfields; a 16-year-old, fresh,pretty country girl.,The film made in 1979,There she meets Alec D’Urbervilles, who shows off the estate and always seduces her. Before long the rich and guileful Alec manages to seduce the girl and make her pregnant. Despite the rumors all around, she gives birth to a child, who is called Sorrow but dies soon because of grave illness.,The film made in 1979,The film made by BBC,Nevertheless, without financial support, Tess has to leave home and goes to work as a dairymaid at a distant farm, where she meets Angel Claire.,The film made in 1979,The film made by BBC,It is precisely because of good faith that in the wedding night, Tess told Angel about her past. But Angel did not accept her confession, and left her behind. Tess again returns home alone, only find that her family remains impoverished and she even has no place to stay. At the end of hope, the girl jumps into the trap of the shameless man. However, Angel Claire comes back. And his arrival makes Tess even more desperate. After Angel leaves, she stabs Alec in the heart and kills him. Then she follows Angel and escape with him. They manage to hide for a while in a wood before they come to Stonehenge, where she is arrested. She is hanged later.,Characteristics,strikingly attractive and passionate hardy and unselfish intelligent innocent,The film made by BBC,Strikingly attractive and passionate,She is attractive to all men, and even her attempts to change her appearance are not enough to hide her natural beauty. She tries to kill herself to free Angel from their marriage and refuses to ask Angel's parents for any additional money during Angel's sojourn to Brazil.,Hardy and unselfish,It is precisely because of her bravery that she dared to be the unwed mother in that period and had the courageous to do the times of the traitor. the death of her infant son, Sorrow; the loss of Angel and the destruction of her marriage. She was brave enough that she killed Alec to pursue her true love with Angel. She accepts blame for Prince's death;,Intelligent,She possesses an education that her unschooled parents lack and has passed the Sixth Standard of the National Schools. She has curiosity that goes beyond her basic education, as demonstrated when she debates religious and moral issues with both Angel and Alec.,Innocent,she is unschooled “in the ways of the world“ and therefore unable to protect herself.,Tess represents the changing role of the agricultural workers in England in the late nineteenth century--Possessing an education that her unschooled parents lack, Tess does not quite fit into the folk culture. She belongs to a higher world. There is aristocracy in Tess’s blood, visible in her graceful beauty—yet she is forced to work as a farmhand and milkmaid.,Tess is a good, beautiful and strong country girl. The rural life created a good-natured of the noble soul. She should have a bright future and the future well-being. However, due to various reasons, to recognize her own in the process, the humiliation has being raped. Her life has also changed the direction. Tess is the most pessimistic character, both charming and such a tragic role. Her filial piety, gentleness, perseverance, sincerity, courage and rebellious character is well known, but it is because of these characteristics that make her own destiny to the end.,The cause of Tess’s tragedy generated.,Poverty--Tess’s tragedy was from society. The poor family background foreshadows tragedy. She was a victim under the interior circumstances. Partial roles--In the society of capitalism, the precondition of laws was that took care of the convenience of bloodsuckers and admitted the power of bloodsuckers oppressed people, it served for the governor.Alec was preserved by the law, but Tess was killed. It just explained the counteraction of the rules of capitalism, the under classes such as Tess can’t obtain just treatments.,The cause of Tess’s tragedy generated.,Hypocritical religion--Alec was a capitalist and mushroom applied the business, and he was “a person of flesh”, he trapped Tess and used the Bible to bring the duty to push the body of Tess, but finally, he was a pastor that expostulated to show merge. Deceptive morality--Tess was a victim of the deceptive morality, Angel Clare, symbolizing spirit, though intelligent, are sensitiveHe regarded whether she was pity in light of conventional idea of virtue, he had no pity for Tess, it brought more distress and let Tess to return to Alec. The deceptive morality with Angle pushed Tess to gulf.,Thank you!,。