Table of Contents
INDUCTION ..............................................................................................1
Chapter Ⅰ A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HARDY...............................2
Chapter Ⅱ AN ANALYSIS OF THE THREE CHARACTERS...............3
2.1MichaelHenchard ..........................................................................3
2.2Tess ..............................................................................................4
2.3 Jude Fawley.............. ..................................................................5
Chapter Ⅲ THE CAUSES OF THE CHARACTERS’ TRAGIC LIFE...6
3.1 The Injustice of Existence.........................................................6
3.2 Class Barriers and Changing Ideals of Social Class in Victorian
England . …………………………………………………………...8
3.3 Woman’s Position and Moral Convention...................... ...... 11
Chapte r Ⅳ The Significance of the Three Tragic Characters………....12
CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 14
NOTES ...................................................................................................15
BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................16 i