《英国文学选读》德伯家的苔丝 全英文.ppt

Tess of the DUrbervilles 小组成员： 杨 潇 周莲莲 朱梦洁 汤舒雅 Tess, one of Hardy’ s outstanding work, portrays that the energy of traditional ways and the strength of the forces finally lead to the tragedy of Tess. However, the destruction of pure Tess does not take place by accident. Alec, a playboy born in a noble family, rapes Tess and sets the miserable ending from then on. He is killed by Tess eventually. Angel Clare is another tragic character. He can not bear Tess’ s misdeed in the past and depart for Brazil. As he realizes his behavior is unfair for Tess, his gloomy future has already begun. Meanwhile, the bourgeois (资产阶级的)society is one of the elements resulting in the tragedy. It’s the hypocritical morality and the sexual double standard that set the suffering. General Introduction Questions: 1.In what sense is Tess’s story tragic? 2.What makes her tragedy? Rhetoric method : i r o n y Its tired and unimpassioned tone suggests the narrator’s weariness with the ways of the world, as if quite familiar with the fact that life always unfolds in this way. Nothing great is achieved by this finale: the two figures of Liza-Lu and Angel “went on” at the end, just as life itself will go on. Yet Tess’s suffering, seems simply a game or “sport,” as if nothing important is at stake. It is hard to know whether Tess has brought any benefits to anyone, though Angel’s life has been changed and Liza-Lu may grow up to be like her sister. it is up to us to judge how ironic this justice is, or what her life’s importance might be. In what sense is Tesss story tragic? 　　　First of all, due to Tess’s sense of responsibility for her parents, she has no choice but unwillingly go to Alec’s family for means of supporting life. Superficially, Tess just carries out her duty of being a daughter. However, Tess’s stepping into Alec’s family is a tool for her parents’ vanity(自负，自大，虚荣)--they are distant relatives of the noble family. Besides, the sense of duty for parents lea