some thoughts

Chloe 2022-03-27 09:01:18

It feels a bit like Lu Xun's article, criticizing the society's disrespect for women and the emphasis on chastity at that time. There is also the limitation of the characters themselves, because the family is poor and has to cling to rich relatives. Tess herself is not smart enough either. Anyway, it's fate, I feel that after saying so much, life is really impermanent, and good luck tricks people.
Tess's fate is undoubtedly tragic. In her life, she was rich, stable, happy, and got nothing, but she experienced displacement, separation, and humiliation. In fact, she is a very good girl. She is innocent and pure when she is young. She is confusedly possessed by the rich young master Alec. (But I still don't quite understand why she didn't tell Alec that she was pregnant, probably because of her shame and self-esteem that she didn't want to have anything to do with Alec again.) She was honest and forthright, thinking that as long as her soul was Pure, even if he has stains, he can be liked by Angel. But ah, Angel abandoned Tess like that, which made Tess lose hope in life again. Actually, thinking about it carefully, I really think Angel is more hateful than Rick. Although Alec owns Tess, at least he can take responsibility in the end, regardless of his previous grudges. And what about Angel? A self-proclaimed civilized man, he does not treat himself and Tess equally. He had an affair with others, and Tess did not hesitate to forgive him, but when he heard that Tess had been with Alec, not a pure body, he immediately turned his face and was so selfish. In fact, he didn't go to Tess in the end, and Tess wouldn't die. He promised to save Tess, but in the end he didn't. Tess, Tess, why are you so stupid, you can be a little more hypocritical and vain, and this life may be a lot better. When the baby is born, you can ask Alec a lot of money. If you fall in love with Angel, you can hide the fact that you had an affair with Alec before. Alec will help you, you can follow him and ignore Angel. Is it true that as others have said, this society no longer needs pure souls?


I saw a reasonable saying: "Originally, desire is the body, but it is obtained with the excuse of the spirit, and the result is a complete failure."

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Extended Reading
  • Kasey 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    What is the real tragedy? It is true love, joy, abundance, glory, peace, and tranquility. You must not have what you want in life. Poverty, hunger and cold, hardship, embarrassment, contempt, humiliation, displacement, desperation, all things that you don't want to encounter in life are encountered. Even the people who shouldn't die are dead. In the end, the whole show can't find a bad person to blame. This is the real tragedy. You can simply shout: the ethics of cannibalism! at the same time

  • Gretchen 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    If Tess had the slightest sense of sophistication or shrewdness, it would not have ended in such a tragic end. But she is pure and innocent, loyal to her heart, and can only usher in her own unfortunate fate step by step.

Tess quotes

  • John Durbeyfield: I'm the head of noblest branch of the family and I got my pride to lean on.

    [passes out]

  • Alec d'Urberville: Tell me, do you like strawberries?

    Tess: Yes, when they're in season.

    Alec d'Urberville: Here they already are.