Thomas Hardy's fatalism in Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy’s Fatalism in Tess of the D’Urbervilles
1. Introduction
As the most prominent novelist of the Victorian era Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) gave a new depth and gravity to the English novel and has come now to be universally recognized as the greatest novelist of his time. Some critics have even called him the Shakespeare of the English novel. One who reads Hardy will ever carry in his/her memory the great characters like Henchard, Tess and Eustracia. Hardy has also created Wessex a small tract of country rich in its own peculiar atmosphere, passions and tragedies.
1.1 About Thomas Hardy and His Novels In the English literature, especially in the 19th century, many literary lights sprang up like the bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Thomas Hardy is regarded as a great talent on giant men’s shoulders .His works provided readers with the vivid pictures of the 19th century.
Hardy’s first popular success occurred in 1874 when the first of his Wessex novels: Far from the Madding Crowd, was published. In the early novel Under the Greenwood Tree, there are vivid collective descriptions of rural people whose thoughts, actions and feeling are shown in much detail. In A Pair of Blue Eyes, he refers to the things beyond the theology that is love and remarriage. In the Return of the Native, from the obvious contrast between the hero and heroine and the different attitudes to the city life and rural life, we have a feeling that the sky is full of dark clouds .we see that he continues to study the tragedy since The Mayor of Caster Bridge. The Mayor of Caster Bridge is a recall of the spirit of evolution. Tess of the D’Urbervilles is Thomas Hardy’s most famous novel. Under Hardy’s pen, the heroine Tess is created as an attractive and warm-hearted pure woman, who has the quality of endurance and self-sacrifice. Tess has long been regarded as the most exceptional woman character in English literary history.
1.2 About Fatalism and Its Definition
The belief that
1. Introduction
As the most prominent novelist of the Victorian era Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) gave a new depth and gravity to the English novel and has come now to be universally recognized as the greatest novelist of his time. Some critics have even called him the Shakespeare of the English novel. One who reads Hardy will ever carry in his/her memory the great characters like Henchard, Tess and Eustracia. Hardy has also created Wessex a small tract of country rich in its own peculiar atmosphere, passions and tragedies.
1.1 About Thomas Hardy and His Novels In the English literature, especially in the 19th century, many literary lights sprang up like the bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Thomas Hardy is regarded as a great talent on giant men’s shoulders .His works provided readers with the vivid pictures of the 19th century.
Hardy’s first popular success occurred in 1874 when the first of his Wessex novels: Far from the Madding Crowd, was published. In the early novel Under the Greenwood Tree, there are vivid collective descriptions of rural people whose thoughts, actions and feeling are shown in much detail. In A Pair of Blue Eyes, he refers to the things beyond the theology that is love and remarriage. In the Return of the Native, from the obvious contrast between the hero and heroine and the different attitudes to the city life and rural life, we have a feeling that the sky is full of dark clouds .we see that he continues to study the tragedy since The Mayor of Caster Bridge. The Mayor of Caster Bridge is a recall of the spirit of evolution. Tess of the D’Urbervilles is Thomas Hardy’s most famous novel. Under Hardy’s pen, the heroine Tess is created as an attractive and warm-hearted pure woman, who has the quality of endurance and self-sacrifice. Tess has long been regarded as the most exceptional woman character in English literary history.
1.2 About Fatalism and Its Definition
The belief that