Thomas Hardy's Portrayal of a Pure Woman in Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Abstract The current study aims at exploring the depiction of a pure woman in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It also provides a brief commentary on Hardy's quality of writing, contributions and reputation and some related matters. In this novel, Thomas Hardy depicts Angel's obsession with purity may taken as a uniquely important determinant of Tess's fate. It is not going too far to say that without it there would have been no tragedy, especially of a 'pure' woman. The conflict of Angel's image of woman with real woman Tess becomes the turning point in the novel. The characterization of Angel is sufficiently plausible, in spite of a certain flatness, to make his attitude seem natural both to him and to the mental landscape of the novel.

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Ali Albashir Mohammed Al-Haj was born in Sudan/ Berber 12th of June 1960. Graduated from Cairo University in Khartoum(1986)and Yemen University (1995)(Sanaa,),Sudan Polytechnic(1984) ,Teacher's college (1981) and University of Khartoum(2000) and obtained Bachelor of Arts(English) Postgraduate diploma(English),.M.A in English from University of Khartoum(2000) English literature. And PhD in English literature (2003). PhD in translation, Omdurman Islamic University 2014. Now Ali is working as ...