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Thomas Hardys novel, Tess of the DUrbervilles, appears to be a completely pessimistic book, full of misfortune, wrongdoings, and sorrow. ... " Hardys idea of examining the worst to determine how best to proceed in the future is quite obviously reflected in his story of Tess. ... Tess is poverty stricken, raped, treated with extreme hypocrisy, and, after committing a crime that an upper class individual might have gotten away with, is killed. ... She is, by no fault of her own, in a state of complete poverty in which she has to struggle to survive, "The interior, in spite of the melody, struck upon the girls sense with an unspeakable dreariness…the yellow melancholy of this one-candled spectacle…" (30) By placing Tess in such a dire situation, Hardy was clearly trying to say something about the struggle and injustice of poverty. ... Even Tess and her brother Abraham recognize how blighted their world is, filled with injustices and pain, " …Most of them [stars] splendid and sound – a few blighted. ... And you [Tess] would have been a rich lady ready-made and not have had to be made rich by marrying a gentleman. ... In putting Tess through this horrible experience, Hardy was trying to bring the abuse that went on between upper and lower class citizens to light, and show how unfair and how scarring (both physically and psychologically) this abuse could be.
Approximate Word count = 971
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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