Thomas Hardy was a famous critical realistic writer at the turn of the 19th century in England; Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of the most influential all his works. This novel was going to expose Hardy’s frustration and pessimism towards social mobility, moral collapse and the class structure. Tess was scapegoat of narrow-mindedness, she always wanted to be independent from the man-dominated society and won the respect for men. Tess was a victim of male ideology. The man-dominated society and hypocritical religion controlled and ruined Tess’s whole life.
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