x27s Tragedy苔丝悲剧分析.pptVIP

* 英语1111 FYD Hard life for peasants Unequal morality for female Unequal legal system Alec D’Urberville Angel Clare Tess herself Social causes Causes of major characters Cause of family — Tess’s ignorant parents The Causes under the process of industrialism and the disintegration of peasantry（农民阶级解体） The self-supporting peasants are displaced and impoverished(贫困的) and live a extremely poor life. It’s under the capitalist exploitation(资本主义的剥削) that Tess is seduced（诱奸） and ruined badly. The poor life pushes her into the trap of wicked man, and it is the capitalist exploitation that brings about their poor life. an agricultural base an industrial base Hard Life for Peasants Public notions on sexual morals are that a woman must remain virgin before marriage, but a man can have his fling. When either man or woman engaged in sexual lapses, the former would be forgiven, but the later would be condemned. Tess is so innocent that she is just a girl when she first meets the terrible man, Alec, and knows nothing of men. But people do not condemn Alec, only reject Tess as a fallen woman. Then, with the same sexual experience, Angel is pardoned（宽恕） but Tess is abused. Unequal Morality for Female Tess lives in the Victorian era which capitalism invade the rural region. In the capitalist society, law is served for the capitalist class. Alec, the representative of capitalist power and violence dares to do what he desires, not only because he has money and power, but also because his evil behavior is protected by the capitalist law and rules. In the eyes of Victorian people, the young upstart is noble（高贵的）, while Tess is considered to lure Alec in order to acquire his money.Tess bears all that injustice silently all along, however, when she defends herself for the first time, she is hanged(绞死) for paying for that. “Justice was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Aeschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess”. “‘死刑’执行了,用埃斯库罗斯的话说,那个众神之王对苔丝的戏弄也就结束了”。