TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Introduction

Tess of the D'Urbervilles is written by Thomas Hardy. Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles was first published in 1891 and thus belongs to the days of Victorian and is often mentioned in definitions of naturalism. The novel contains a wide range of themes, motives and beliefs. He makes a good analysis as to object, because Hardy uses a visual language that uses animal metaphors, symbols and metaphors used. Interesting aspects of the examination could be naturalistic elements, religious references, and descriptions of landscapes, characters and their constellation and much more. For example, Tess is a "figure in a landscape" and describes frequently with animal metaphors. The frequent occurrence of birds and the associated imagery is also worth a closer look. Furthermore, Hardy's use of light as a visual element is an interesting aspect. Also worth consideration would be the role of graves in Tess' life. There would be many other analytical aspects and issues, of which here but should not be discussed further. The following work is to deal with the deterministic elements in Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It will be shown that the novel is not properly assigned to the genre of naturalism, as Hardy brings structures of classical tragedy and its determinism is not the same as that of naturalism. Purpose is to define the act in the causal connections that Tess's tragic fate, are examined. In addition, the determination of the action is accompanied by many coincidences, which led to some critics of Hardy's credibility and his sense of reality into question. Nevertheless, like Hardy's strange coincidences seem constructed in many places, but they are never impossible. In addition, signs which accompany these causal chains and point to the tragic end, a closer look. This includes especially the frequent occurrence of white and red. Then parallels to the novel structure are examined with structures of classical tragedy to underscore the thesis of determinism of the novel (Raynal, 1981).

Analysis and Discussion

The theme of Thomas Hardy's tragedy “Tess of the d'Urbervilles” is fate. The story happens in the Victorian ages. During the Victorian ages, the status between men and women is more balance, women are playing a more important role, but they are still under the Patriarchal Society. The concept of Victorian ages is different from the Jacobean ages. The protagonist, Tess Durbeyfield was born in a poor family, which is formed by the family members of a wine bidder father with “fat round his heart”, an ignorant, superstitious and naïve mother, and six children. It is necessary for the story to happen in this poor family so Tess has to make money for her family as the eldest daughter, since her parents are unable to make. For those six children, having this pair of parents is their fate, all these young souls are passengers in the Durbeyfield ship-entirely dependent on the judgment of the two Durbeyfield adults for their pleasures, their necessities, their health, even their ...