苔丝英语读后感

when i read the novel tess of the d’urbervilles ten years ago for the first time, i was merely shocked by tess’s miserable and tragic fate. what a lovely and kind girl! she did nothing wrong but she had to bear all these adversities that she didn’t deserve. at that time i was just a naive little girl in junior high school.

now reviewing this famous novel again, i realize that there is still much to be found and thought about in it. great as hardy is, he definitely wanted to tell readers more than a tragic story purely.

tess was the eldest daughter of her family and she had no choice but to bear the responsibility of rallying her family and repaying the debts. she was beautiful, innocent and pure without big ambition or desire for things that didn’t belong to her. nobody ever doubted that she deserved happiness and peace.

but things seldom go on as we expected. tess was deprived of virginity and she was no longer ‘pure’ as she used to be. what’s worse, she got pregnant as a result. tess gave birth to the baby and decided to raise the baby all by herself. at that time, she showed her admirable qualities—being tough and decisive. we all hope that she can start a brand new life and cut off all contact with the past after her baby’s death. however, for the second and third time, god cheated and mocked her.

sometimes i wonder why a nice woman couldn’t end up with a nice man. is it just like the saying that beautiful women suffer unhappy fates? tess always missed her mr. right and her mr.wrong always disturbed her life and wouldn’t let her go. all the three person misunderstand what’s love. alec thought love to be deprival and occupation; angel thought love to be purity and ideal; tess thought love to be toleration and waiting. they stuck in their illusion of love of which they never managed to get out. alec and tess was dead. as for angel, he might as well be dead.

who is to blame for this tragedy? alec, tess or angel? or ridiculous fate? i believe it was tess herself. certainly, that bad age and those hypocritical men were executioners that push tess into the abyss of destruction. but tess should have led a better life if she don’t treat herself as a satellite of men. how stupid is she to spend her life waiting for a man who betrayed her and escaped away when she was dying for help! when there is no help offered by men, women should fight on their own instead of waiting for men’s mercy and forgiveness since there is nothing needed to be forgiven.

women’s tragedy will never come to an end until they treat themselves as totally independent, which means they can lead a normal life with or without men.

苔丝读后感英文版

the book,  tess of the d' urbervilles, is a tragic of a pure and poor girl. when i put down this book, i was in tears. i just wanted to ask, angel, why did you treat her like this?

i could imagine such a terrible night when tess lost her way in a dark and silent wood. the what she faced was a strong man and she hadn' t known how dangerous the man could be. she was so weak that she was unable to resist him. no one could come up in time to help her. eventually, beauty was damaged by ugliness. why did the wrong man take the wrong woman? angel, it was the time you saved her but where were you at that time? the maybe as the old saying said" it was to be". the then it was the start of tess’s tragic.

the social rule made her feel guilty and want to die. unfortunately, her father just thought that she brought shame upon his noble name. no one could comfort her broken heart except herself. she kept all the people out her house and stayed alone and wanted to do heavy things to forget her past. the i was very happy to see that she knew such a thing shouldn’t prevent her from living an useful life. it was previous for her to have the courage to continue her life.

when tess fell in love with angel, the she tried to hide her love because she thought she hadn' t had the right to get true love.  but angel, the man who loved her deeply, conquered her. however, when tess told him her dismal past with great care, he couldn’t understand her and at last, he left her. so poor was tess that when she wanted to be understood and forgave , she was pushed to abysm by the person she loved deeply .it was like adding more salt to the hurts of a broken heart. she was pious to everything about angel. she could remember every sentence he said, and she learned to sing  the songs he was fond of. even when she was hurt by him, she didn’t hate him. when angel was walking in sleep, she could choose to fall into the river to die with him but she didn’t do that because she knew she had no right to take his life. you can image how kind a girl she was.

her love was great, unselfish and pure .the real purity came from her mind, not her appearance .even if she was a ordinary and plain girl ,i thought angel would love her as well. when angel was reminded that “tess would have laid down her life for you”，he suddenly realized his prejudice and narrowness .but it was too late. tess was already in deep desperation and became alec’s wife. when she realized she was cheated by alec again, she was full of anger. she came to the end of her endurance so she killed alec d’urberville, the person who damaged her happiness for life.

they spent the last five day together .it was the most previous period during their life because tess was going to be sentenced to death several days later. if angel were brave enough to accept tess’s past, they would live a happy life now. but he didn’t cherish tess’s true love until he lost it forever. it was already useless for him to regret. late, too late!

if you love a person deeply,then to accept his or her past, or you ’ll lose your true love for life. that’s the experience i learnt from the book.

苔丝英文读后感

why was tess’s girlish purity lost? why did such a beautiful, noble and pure woman as tess should suffer inevitable ruin? why does the wrong man take the wrong woman? why it is always the woman who pays? why they are always hurt? why is beauty damaged by ugliness? why the tragedy is happened more than one hundred years ago repeated in modern times? is everything too late?

recently i’ve read the british famous writer thomas hardy’s masterpiece-tess of the d’urbervilles. it describes the misfortune of a poor peasant girl tess. in this novel, we can see tess resist her unjust fate again and again, till to be ruined. with the development of the plot we find that her tragedy is inevitable. we can not but feel the intense emotions of pity and fear.

the cause of tess’s tragedy has always been the concern of people, such a beautiful, noble and pure woman as tess should suffer inevitable ruin. what leads to her tragic destiny? who killed her? i can’t do very well in analysis the novel. i don’t know clearly how the time she lived in affect her life. i do have an understanding of the novel by myself. alec and angel who are the two people very closely related to tess’s fate. i think fierce alec played a very important role in killing tess, but in fact, it was hypocritical angel who killed tess indirectly but more cruelly.

i wanted to cry, tess, do not follow him when i read that plot. i hope she met her true love before she was seduced, but everything was too late. she was seduced by a so called gentleman-alec, and from then on her life totally changed from this loss of innocence. people looked down on her and respect her no more. actually she did nothing wrong because before she was seduced she knew nothing of man. women were too weak. tess was poor, weak and helpless and met the wrong person at the wrong time.

i strongly believed that it was angel who killed tess cruelly and without mercy. angel was a liberal bourgeoisie. he made himself lived in the countryside rather than serving the god. angel was a man who questioned the church’s teaching. he thought the church’s views were too strict and did not allow free thinking. angel extricated him from religion and his family, but he couldn’t break with traditional moral principles. he wanted a wife who was the daughter of nature, honest, sensitive, intelligent, graceful, pure as snow and extremely beautiful. in the first part i thought angel loved tess very much. in the following part i found that he loved an image he imagined. after their wedding angel confessed the crime he committed to a woman long time ago and asked tess’s forgiveness. tess was not at all angry and forgave angel at once. she innocently thought that the thing she was going to confess would be forgiven. poor tess! she sat and told everything to angel, hoping he would forgive her as he was forgiven, but she was wrong. the woman pays.

angel claimed that you were one person, now you are another when tess asked why. the woman angel had loved was not tess, was another woman in tess’s shape. angel loved the person he imagined. he considered tess the daughter of nature. compared to tess’s words, “ i thought angel, that you loved me-me my very self! if you do love me, how can you treat me like this? it frightened me! having begun to love you, i will love you forever, in all changes, in all troubles, because you are yourself. i ask no more.” we know how deep tess loved angel. she would have laid down life for angel. she not only loved the merits but also accept the demerits. we know from the book that when angel came back from brazil, he could hardly be recognized by his mother because the cruel climate and hard work had aged him by twenty years, but tess accepted angel immediately, because he was the man she fell in love with.

i don’t know why angel couldn’t forgive tess since he himself had done the similar thing.

苔丝读后感（一）

《苔丝》是哈代代表作，也是世界文学宝库中的一颗灿烂的明珠。这部小说以主人公苔丝的遭遇为主线，描述了美丽的诗化形象与周围的阴暗现实的冲突，具体形象生动地描写了十九世纪末资本主义社会侵入英国农村之后，小农经济的解体以及农民走向贫困和破产的痛苦过程，小说通过一个纯洁的女子在精神和肉体上受到的双重迫害的描写，通过对一个女性丰富深刻的精神世界的揭示，对资本主义社会的法律、宗教、伦理、道德和婚姻制度以及资本主义社会实质等作出了大胆而无情的揭露与控诉。

主人公苔丝这一形象也是诗化的形象，她有着诗一般的优美，清新的气韵，也有着诗一般的激情。她本身就是一首非人工的抒情诗，被大自然所创造，被人类文明所扼杀，她本人就是美的化身，被大自然所赋予，被社会习俗所毁灭。小说中尤其是通过安琪·克莱尔与亚雷克·德伯维尔来突出展现了她诗般的美丽特征，展现了他的火热的爱与强烈的恨，并且通过男性主人公与她交往来集中丰富完善这一形象。安琪·克莱尔与亚雷克·德伯维尔都以各自不同的方式，与苔丝性格典型化的过程中，在苔丝奇异的性格和诗歌力度的认识中发生了作用。

而我，从此篇小说中悲剧的发生告诉我，凡是有小鸟欢唱的地方，总是有毒蛇在嘶嘶叫：当她精神上康复了，动身去塔尔勃塞时，可以在每一只鸟儿的叫声中，听出她对生命的渴望，但鸟儿快乐的音符却很少出现。

苔丝读后感（二）

感觉有点说不清读完《苔丝》的感觉了，好多的感情交织在一起，有点窒息。

苔丝是个悲剧，彻头彻尾的悲剧。她家境贫寒，却美貌如花。对于一个自重的穷家女子来说，美貌就意味着麻烦。她吃苦耐劳，却时乖命蹇——初次打工就遇上东家德伯维尔的纠缠。年纪轻轻就失身，怀孕，拉开了她生活的序幕，亦成为她悲剧的开始。人们的歧视，她能顶住，偏远处劳动的艰苦，她也不怕，和牧师出身的青年大学生克莱尔的相爱却压垮了她。新婚之夜，互诉心曲，都端出了自己人生中难以启齿的一段。对等的倾诉却没有对等的结果：苔丝不变初衷，依然怀爱，克莱尔则一反常态，毅然决然地抛弃了她。自此，悲剧愈演愈烈……分分合合，合合分分，终于是，不堪刺激的苔丝杀死了德伯维尔，成了一个杀人犯——一个世所不容的美丽纯洁的杀人犯！

老师说过了欣赏任何一部经典作品尤其是社会小说，首先离不开对作品产生的时代背景的了解，因为伟大的作品总是一个时代的缩影。欣赏《苔丝》也不例外。如果单单从这部作品或者用现代人的观点思维来欣赏这部作品的话，那么，书中的主人公克莱尔委实犯了一个不可饶恕的错，他对深爱他的妻子苔丝的抛弃。但明白了这部作品的产生背景，我们可能对于克莱尔不只是指责，或许会有很多同情的成分。《苔丝》描写的是19世纪后期英国农村的生活。当时资本主义生产方式正以坚实的步伐向前迈进，许多的偏僻地方都不可避免地受到其影响。这种影响不只表现在农村向机械化和大农业的迈进，对于人们思想的冲击同样是致命的。处于转型期的人们的思想一片茫然，这使得许多思想正在不可避免地被抛弃或者接受。正是这样，苔丝的悲剧显得是那样地催人泪下。这不能怪克莱尔，他也是社会的牺牲品啊！用作者托马斯。哈代的话说，这一切都是自然的法则在起作用，兴盛交替，潮起潮落，风水轮流转！这时期思想领域最明显的一个变化恐怕莫过于人们对上帝的疑问了，就像克莱尔那样。但是即使是克莱尔这样思想比较先进的人仍旧不可能完全摈弃旧观念旧道德的束缚，这恐怕也是苔丝悲剧的一个缘故吧。试想，在现在，想苔丝这样美丽贤惠的女人即使失身，还有谁会责怪甚至不能容忍呢！何况她是不知情的呢。同时，苔丝成了旧思想的载体。作为一个女人，她得承受家庭和社会的压力。当然，社会压力主要是道德方面的。苔丝遭遇强暴后，村子里的人认为她有伤风化，无不对她另眼相看。甚至，就是她自己也对自己不可饶恕，于是整天蛰伏在家里。她背负了历史的重荷。书中多次谈到她是贵族的后代，这也就意味着她承载了历史的思想及道德观念。她失身于德伯维尔的那段耻辱经历始终是她人生路上的巨大障碍。正是因为它，她迟迟不肯接受克莱尔的求爱。但当她克服了这一心理障碍时，克莱尔却无法再接受她了。总之，她的过失在旧道德看来始终是不可饶恕的！

同时，苔丝也开始初步接受新的思想，这也就是她最终能走出自己的心理障碍的缘故。但或许哈代只是叙事般的描述一个故事，我不认为它仅仅是在叙说一种现象。苔丝的这种转变反映了资本主义思想不可遏制的冲击力。文中最后提到当克莱尔去巴西之后思想开始发生了一些变化，他开始接受了在以前看来似乎是有些荒谬的事实。或许，正是这种现象的反映。或许，连哈代本人也对这种变革束手无策。于是，他创造了克莱尔这个人物来表达他的这种苦闷。幸好，哈代知道把这种情绪诉诸笔端，要不还真不知道会有什么不幸的事情发生在他身上呢！

当然，这些只是我感觉我们应该读到的东西，但我毕竟不是哈代那个时代的人，就作品本身而言，我无法评价它的社会意义，作品中让我感动的是苔丝和克莱尔的爱情，用惊天地泣鬼神形容也不过分。尤其是在新婚之夜就得面对丈夫的离去，又有多少女人能够做到？苔丝爱克莱尔，爱得发狂。她爱得不仅是他的容貌，不仅是他的琴声，不仅是他能给他带来的一切，甚至包括失去的，甚至为他所受的痛苦，她都能承受。她记得他说的每一句话，她学唱他喜欢的歌，连他的那些理论，那些她自己还似懂非懂的理论，她都牢记着，奉若神明。他成了她的呼吸，她的生命。当克莱尔问伊兹，那个曾经爱他的姑娘，能否像苔丝那样爱他时，伊兹几乎脱口而出，她不能，因为苔丝的爱是无法比的，她可以为他而死的。在别人眼里，都能看出苔丝，如此厚重的爱。可见这爱的程度了。虽说最后我们的主人公并没有像我们希望的那样幸福地生活在一起，但他们的爱情毕竟还是超越了尘俗，散发着迷人的光芒。或许，这种纯洁无私没有感染任何物质侵染的爱情是我们在这个物欲横流的时代应该大力提倡的呢？当克莱尔远去巴西的那段时间，对于苔丝来说可以是暗无天日了，但她对克莱尔的爱始终不渝。她不准任何人侮辱克莱尔，污辱他们那至高无上的爱情。也许有人禁不住会问：用那么仅有的一点卑微的骄傲去支撑昂贵的爱情是否值得？是啊，在这个信奉人不为己天诛地灭的年代又有多少人能坚持自己的信仰呢，更别说要为此付出如此巨大的牺牲了。资本主义思想冲击的不只是西方国家，还有东方国家，中国也不能避免。但在这样一个多元化思想并存的年代，我们是不是应该思考一下，对于道德，我们究竟应该怎样去抉择？人生往往是无奈的，人不仅要看他做了什么，更重要的是要看他的本意是什么，后者才是衡量道德好坏的真正标尺。

当然，《苔丝》的真正价值还有其艺术价值。整篇文章谋篇周密，结构严谨。文中多次运用伏笔，预兆和细节，还有场景的烘托，让主人公的形象鲜活起来。但这些并不是我关注的重点，我想或许我可以不予讨论。再说有那么多人在研究了，或许我没有必要再作这些无聊的笑料了。

苔丝读后感（三）

一个原本安静的生命旅程，不料，偏偏遇上了一个撒旦和一个天使，就这样，生命中出现了漩涡，出现了彩虹和闪电。就这样本该安静生活的苔丝就这样走上了不平凡的命运。

“我希望我的胸脯将变成你的眠床，让你安睡”在莎士比亚的苔丝戏剧中这样陈述。苔丝她的爱，是那样的感天动地，但又深深的印进悲剧的色彩。最后，在某个晴空下，慢慢走上绞刑架，虽然最后是死亡的命运但她在生命的最后又得到了属于她的爱情，虽然看似圆满但她本身所带有的悲剧色彩又是那么的浓烈。

《苔丝》这本书主要记述了一个平穷的家庭的女儿的感情的经历，但这个家庭又是一个没落贵族，所以，因为要为了维护那个可笑的面子问题，苔丝的父母只能把苔丝交给那个没落的家族，让她去讨好，让她去为了自己的家庭做出最大的牺牲，不惜让她去嫁给阿里克·杜伯维尔，然而，杜伯维尔是一个感情的骗子，在一个夜晚，侮辱了苔丝，就这样，怀着屈辱回到那个平困的家，后来竟发现自己怀孕了，生下了那个有着黑色回忆的孩子，但是上天并不喜欢这个孩子，最终让这个孩子在一个夜晚死掉了。于是苔丝选择了逃离去了另一个牧场，这时他又遇到了她的天使，安琪儿·克莱尔。两人经历一段曲折后，最终结婚，但苔丝不想隐瞒恋人自己曾经失身的经历，所以就说了，但结果是丈夫接受不了，所以两人的爱情就这样暂时的结束了。苔丝回到家，只有羞辱和绝望。()在以后她去了另一家农场，迫于生计，她四处打工，却没有逃过命运的捉弄，碰上了杜伯维尔，在他的诱惑下成立她的情妇。再后来，克莱尔想通后回来寻找苔丝，但一切都是那么的晚了，苔丝与他想面对而立，却再也回不到最初，在克莱尔转身离去的一刹那，苔丝原谅了他。回到房间，苔丝不能容忍杜波菲尔对克莱尔的侮辱，杀死了他。就这样，她转身去找了克莱尔，最后两人和好了，虽然在三天后，警察带走了苔丝，但苔丝却微笑着面对。

太阳升起了，这座城市沉寂了。

苔丝是伟大的，因为她的爱情，但又是可怜的，以为世俗的约束，因为在那个年代，男人们对自己的放纵觉得理所当然，而对于自己的妻子却是专属自己，他们眼里容不进沙子，如果当初，克莱尔能够理解自己的妻子，那么，一切都不会失去。

美丽的苔丝，也许因为自己的美丽才让自己陷进这场纷争。但美丽又怎能成为苔丝的错呢。

这点应该值得思考吧。