第一篇：苔丝读后感英文版
《苔丝》英文读后感
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 respected her no more. Actually she did nothing wrong because before she was seduced she knew nothing of men. She was just a girl when she first met that terrible man. She was forced by the gossips and the church to blame herself for this accident, so she thought she deserved nothing good. In order to get rid of the past she decided to go to a distant dairy farm but was still saying to herself that she was wrong. Maybe God didn’t agree with that, because the Lord gave her someone she loved with her whole heart and life—Angel Chare. Angel popped the question to her but she refused him without saying why. She said she loved him deeply and perhaps no one in the world could love him more than she did but she could not marry him for some unspoken reason. Angel wasn’t satisfied with this vague answer and did his best to win Tess. Somehow she agreed and they soon fixed the wedding day. Soon after their wedding Angel confessed the crime he committed to a woman long time ago and asked for Tess’s forgiveness. Tess was not at all angry and forgave Angel at once; in fact she was rather happy and excited for she also had things to confess. She sat and told everything to Angel, hoping he would forgive her as he was forgiven but she was wrong. She was not forgiven, not as she thought she was. The woman pays. Without Angel’s love, nothing meant anything to her. The result wasn’t important now. Tess was arrested for her murder of that so-called gentleman. Why? She still loved Angel and when he finally went back to her and asked for HER forgiveness, after he regretted what he had done unfair to Tess, she was desperate. That was too late—Alec had always told Tess that Angel would never come back so he won Tess’s trust. Unluckily Angel did come back and found Tess.! Everything was too late! Tess was deceived and she lost Angel for the second time! The strengh of her love was so strong that she had forgotten the difference between right and wrong. Before that she had done nothing wrong but when she killed Alec, everything really changed! She became a criminal! How could it be? She was as pure and innocent as the good wife in the Bible. Her whole character was honest and faithful. Angel figured out at last that a person should be judged not only on what he has done but also on what he wanted to do! Tess didn’t want to be seduced by man and she had no power to defend herself so she lost her innocence and that’s all! Angel also did the wrong thing and it was even more serious than Tess’s crime but HE was not blamed for it. Why it is always the woman who pays? Why they are always hurt? Why was Tess’s girlish purity lost? Why does the wrong man take the wrong woman? Why do the bad often ruin the good? Why is beauty damaged by ugliness? Women are too weak! Thousands of years of history have shown us that women have always been treated unfairly!
In old China there was a culture, which didn’t think of women as human beings. If you asked one if he was the oldest in his family, he would probably answer “the oldest one” even if he had some elder sisters. If you asked why then he would say, “Ha, they are not included!” People gave birth to many girls in order to have only one boy to keep the family name going. They thought girls had no use for the family. They would be married and go to live with their husbands’ home and be their wives some day sooner or later. So they were extremely hard on girls. Girls should be hard working, faithful, loyal, intelligent, and virtuous and the most important thing was she must be a maiden! If her husband was the first man who touched her then she was a good girl, a good wife no matter how she thought. If she wasn’t, then she would gain a very bad reputation and nobody would dare to go near her. What about men? People did not care whether he was an experienced man or not, nor did they care about his character. They thought man equals power and power equals rights„
Now let’s not be so bitter. Nowadays women’s situations have become much better. Some are because of the change of society and some are because of civilization. Just let those poor painful women like TESS be just a memory.
第二篇：英文苔丝读后感
TESS is really a tragic figure in the book TESS of the d’Urberwilles
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 respected her no more. Actually she did nothing wrong because before she was seduced she knew nothing of men. She was just a girl when she first met that terrible man.
She was forced by the gossips and the church to blame herself for this accident, so she thought she deserved nothing good. In order to get rid of the past she decided to go to a distant dairy farm but was still saying to herself that she was wrong. Maybe God didn’t agree with that, because the Lord gave her someone she loved with her whole heart and life—Angel Chare. Angel popped the question to her but she refused him without saying why. She said she loved him deeply and perhaps no one in the world could love him more than she did but she could not marry him for some unspoken reason. Angel wasn’t satisfied with this vague answer and did his best to win Tess. Somehow she agreed and they soon fixed the wedding day. Soon after their wedding Angel confessed the crime he committed to a woman long time ago and asked for Tess’s forgiveness. Tess was not at all angry and forgave Angel at once; in fact she was rather happy and excited for she also had things to confess.
She sat and told everything to Angel, hoping he would forgive her as he was forgiven but she was wrong. She was not forgiven, not as she thought she was. The woman pays.
Without Angel’s love, nothing meant anything to her. The result wasn’t important now. Tess was arrested for her murder of that so-called gentleman. Why? She still loved Angel and when he finally went back to her and asked for HER forgiveness, after he regretted what he had done unfair to Tess, she was desperate. That was too late—Alec had always told Tess that Angel would never come back so he won Tess’s trust. Unluckily Angel did come back and found Tess.! Everything was too late!Tess was deceived and she lost Angel for the second time! The strengh of her love was so strong that she had forgotten the difference between right and wrong. Before that she had done nothing wrong but when she killed Alec, everything really changed! She became a criminal! How could it be? She was as pure and innocent as the good wife in the Bible. Her whole character was honest and faithful. Angel figured out at last that a person should be judged not only on what he has done but also on what he wanted to do!
Tess didn’t want to be seduced by man and she had no power to defend herself so she lost her innocence and that’s all! Angel also did the wrong thing and it was even more serious than Tess’s crime but HE was not blamed for it. Why it is always the woman who pays? Why they are always hurt? Why was Tess’s girlish purity lost?
Why does the wrong man take the wrong woman? Why do the bad often ruin the good?
Why is beauty damaged by ugliness? Women are too weak! Thousands of years of history have shown us that women have always been treated unfairly!
In old China there was a culture, which didn’t think of women as human beings. If you asked one if he was the oldest in his family, he would probably answer “the oldest one” even if he had some elder sisters. If you asked why then he would say, “Ha, they are not included!”
People gave birth to many girls in order to have only one boy to keep the family name going. They thought girls had no use for the family. They would be married and go to live with their husbands’ home and be their wives some day sooner or later. So they were extremely hard on girls.
Girls should be hard working, faithful, loyal, intelligent, and virtuous and the most important thing was she must be a maiden! If her husband was the first man who touched her then she was a good girl, a good wife no matter how she thought. If she wasn’t, then she would gain a very bad reputation and nobody would dare to go near her. What about men? People did not care whether he was an experienced man or not, nor did they care about his character. They thought man equals power and power equals rights…
Now let’s not be so bitter. Nowadays women’s situations have become much better. Some are because of the change of society and some are because of civilization. Just let those poor painful women like TESS be just a memory.
——邓小凤
第三篇：《Tess》的英文读后感 苔丝
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题目：Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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Abstract：
Tess of the D’urbervilles is one of Thomas Hardy’ Wessex series , written in 1891. Word has it that it is a great tragedy about a poor girl. In my opinion everything happening has its own causes. The tragic love story narrates leading lady Tess asked her fake kin Alec who is fairly rich in the native areas for help. The dudish man Alec deprived Tess of her virginity . Personally speaking , that is the deep root of tragedy.
Key words
Tess’ tragedy and the love attitudes in Tess of the d’Urbervilles
The reason I read it
As a English mayor , I prefer watching foreign films. Occasionally , I encountered a film named Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The gorgeous plot and characters impelled me to read the famous essay.
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1. Brief Introduction of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was a famous British novelist and poet. He carried forward and developed the literary traditions of the Victorian Age. He described the tragic plots vividly and truthfully in his works. He was considered as “Shakespeare of British novels”. Hardy was born in an architect’s family and was expected to become an architect. He trained as an architect and worked in London and Dorset for ten years. Hardy began his writing career as a novelist in 1871 publishing Desperate Remedies. He was soon successful and left architecture for writing.
Hardy was pessimistic about life. The main theme of his novels is the futility of man’s effort to struggle against cruel and unintelligible fate, chance, and
circumstances, which are all predestined by the immanent will. He bravely challenged many of the sexual and religious conventions of the Victorian Age. He exposed the
hypocritical morals, laws and people’s miserable life, especially the women’s life in social economic, politics, morals, custom, etc. after the invasion of industrial capital to the British villages. He described people of different social classes. He was good at viewing life with “a tragic light”.
2. Plot
The story is about the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor family. She is sent to work as a maid for d’Urbervilles, because she has to support her poor family. Tess is seduced by Alec, the son of the family which she serves for, and then gives birth to a child. However, the child dies in infancy, which makes her very depressed. After that, she goes to work on a dairy farm, and then she is engaged to Angel Clare, the son of a clergyman. On their wedding night, they tell each other about their past hoping to be forgiven by each other. However, Clare leaves her after that because he can’t accept the truth. Then Tess becomes a labor again. She is insulted and ill-treated by her master. What’s worse, her father’s death and the bad condition of her family drive her to seek help from Alec who is a preacher now, and she can do nothing but to abbey him. Angel Clare comes back and wants to be reconciled to Tess, but the fact that Tess’ living with Alec hinders her from coming back to Clare. At last, Tess kills Alec in despair and she is soon arrested, tried and hanged.
3. Character Analysis
Tess ------the leading lady
Intelligent, strikingly attractive, and distinguished by her deep moral sensitivity and passionate intensity, Tess is indisputably the central character of the novel that bears her name. But she is also more than a distinctive individual. Hardy have ever said that her eyes are “neither black nor blue nor grey nor violet; rather all these shades together,” like “an almost standard woman.”
In my part, Tess represents the changing lady of the agricultural workers in England in the late nineteenth century. Also Tess is a symbol of unclear and unstable notions of class in nineteenth-century Britain, where old family lines retained their earlier
glamour, but where cold economic realities made sheer wealth more important than inner nobility.
Beyond her social symbolism, Tess represents fallen humanity in a religious sense, as the frequent biblical allusions in the novel remind us. Just as Tess’s clan was once glorious and powerful but is now sadly diminished, so too did the early glory of the first humans, Adam and Eve, fade with their expulsion from Eden, making humans sad shadows of what they once were. Tess thus represents what is known in Christian theology as original sin, the degraded state in which all humans live, even when—like Tess herself after killing Prince or succumbing to Alec—they are not wholly or directly responsible for the sins for which they are punished. This torment represents the most universal side of Tess: she is the myth of the human who suffers for crimes that are not her own and lives a life more degraded than she deserves.
Alec
Alec is a representative of the bourgeois society’s authority, the wealth and the evil. He has an aristocrat d’Urbervilles surname, a large amount of money and a great power which dominate the local people. He takes advantage of Tess’ poor family condition, and tempts her with money to go to his family as a servant. He always forces Tess to do something she is not willing to do. For example, when in the cart, Tess wants him to slow down, but he says that he will not do unless Tess let him “put one little kiss on those holmberry lips” (Hardy p57). That is a total insult to Tess. Then he seduces Tess, destroying her chastity which means all her life. At the end of the story, when Tess’ father dies, and her family is homeless, Alec “helps” her again. He tells Tess that her family can move to his cottage, and “the children can go to school” (Hardy p385). In fact, he just wants to possess Tess. He is full of violence and plots. He says that he is Tess’ “friend”, but he is unlikely to treat Tess as his real friend because they belong to different social class and they have totally different status and life experiences.
Angel
Angel is a representative of the traditional moral concepts. At that time, the whole society is full of those ridiculous traditional moral concepts. At first, Angel considers Tess as the fresh and virginal daughter of nature” (Hard p131), but when he knows the history of Tess, he abandons her. He says “forgiveness does not apply to the case. You were one person; now you are another” (Hardy p247). It shows the traditional moral concepts are still deep-rooted in his mind. Angel is born in a pastor family, but he refuses to go to college and to be a pastor “serves for God”. On the contrary, he chooses to work on a farm and “serves for the humanity”. It seems that he is a person who has already run away from all traditional concepts. He falls in love with Tess, a dairy woman, and he doesn’t care whether she is born in a good family or not. It seems that his love to Tess is true love. However, when it comes to marriage, he still considers Tess’ social status. He wants Tess to take “mistress Teresa d’Urbervilles as her name and he claims that the change “may take an appreciable difference toacceptance of you as my wife”. “After I have made you the well-read woman that I mean to make you” his mother will think much better of her. This means he holds the same idea as his mother to some extent.
4. comment:
Firstly I want to say that Tess’ tragedy comes from her helpless and pessimistic characters. As I know, the Durbeyfields were born with downfallen clan. I even called back to mind the dialogue from Tess of the D’urbervilles:
“Tess, are stars either good or bad?
“Yes. I think each star represents a family. ”
“Is our star bad?”
“I think so.”
From the above dialogue I got that Tess is pessimistic about her life and reality, which press her to ask Alec for help and laid the seed of her tragedy .She becomes Alec’s victim in the forest. She probably should have known not to put herself in such a situation, but she has few other options. Here, it seems as though she is destined to rely on others, even when they are unreliable.Therefore, I should recognize that her family acts as a considerable accomplice with Alec to a certain extend.
Secondly, I am dedicated to analysis the three characters’ attitudes towards love. Who is to blame for this tragic love? 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.
Conclusion: All in all, 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.
Bibliography
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Foreign Language Press, 2008.
Wang, Shouren. Selected Readings in British Literature. Higher Education Press, 2005
第四篇：《德伯家的苔丝》、《简爱》英文梗概
Tess of the D’Urbervilles·Thomas Hardy
In order to lead a better life with less effort, Jack Durbeyfield and his wife persuade their daughter Tess to go to a prosperous family. So Tess leaves her family for the D’Urbervilles. At there, she meets Alec who makes Tess unhappy and tries to possess her. Alec at last manages to have her chastity. Tess gives birth to a baby and soon the baby dies in infancy. To escape there Tess goes to work in a farm where she meets Angel Clare, who is working on different farms to get some experience. He falls in love with Tess. However, Tess refuses to him because of her shameful past. Tess finally agrees to marry angel. Before the wedding, she writes Angel a note telling everything about her past. Angel couldn’t forgive her and leaves her for Brazil. This time Tess works at another farm where she meets Alec again. Alec pursues her again. Tess writes a letter to Angel, begging him to forgive her. But Angel still couldn’t forgive her. Finally Tess goes to Alec. Before long, Angel forgives her. Tess stabs Alec while he is asleep. After spending a few happy days with Angel, she is spotted and hanged.
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Jane Eyre·Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre lives in her uncle’s family because her parents were dead when she was a child. After the death of her uncle, Jane is sent to the orphanage Lowood School by her aunt. At there, Jane works very hard. After that, Jane leaves Lowood and finds a position as Rochester’s daughter’s teacher. Rochester has strange temper. After getting along with Rochester, Jane loves him. Before the wedding, Jane is awakened by a strange woman in her room. Later, she knows that the woman is Rochester’s wife. So she leaves Rochester for a remote place. A pastor helps her to find a job of teacher. The pastor also loves her and wants to marry Jane. But Jane still loves Rochester. She rushes to Thornfield, only to find its ruin. Jane finds Rochester a lonely man who lives now at Ferndean. There she stays and later they get married.
第五篇：《苔丝》读后感
我认为苔丝必须是一个心地善良的女孩。
她经历了那么多痛苦，但她从不抱怨他人。她年轻的时候，她错过了她的最爱。然后命运开始玩笑话她。所谓的绅士骗了她并带走了最重要的一个un-married女孩。无论苔丝不后悔，她周围的人，包括教会，他们都认为她是个坏女孩。她不能结婚。她不呆在家里等她父母要结婚。她跑掉，遇到了她的最爱。因为她认为她不清白，她站在她深爱的天使，把机会给其他女孩，那些谁不能与她相比。
最后，她嫁给了天使，但事实上她使她丈夫生气，脾气暴躁的历史。她努力让她的丈夫高兴，但他不在乎她所做的事，她又是如此的难过。直到天使发现他很爱苔丝，苔丝回到厌恶的人。真正的爱是力量。苔丝杀了人，跑了天使，生活在别人的房子，并被警察抓到。虽然苔丝被监禁和被杀，她不后悔，最后。毕竟，真正爱她的最后天使。
每个人都会梦想，有时一天。但是我们不在乎它的任何时间。苔丝的父亲是一个梦想家。我们必须对自己的看法。当有人告诉我们的事情是远离我们的日常生活中，我们必须仔细考虑和调查的事实。我们不是傻瓜。如果他们说什么，你相信什么，我们的世界将会变成一个混合物。我们都知道，我们只是中国公民，和学生的喀什师范学院。生活就是生活。我们怎样才能进入孔的想象?这使苔丝想象死亡。这是由于。
在旧时代的中国人，也有一个概念，天真的女孩。但他们认为男人吗?是的，在那个时候，男人是系列的世界。妇女需要生孩子，教他们，和做家务的丈夫。这是一个义务。尽管目前，我们没有一个法官对男人。我们也会找到工作的问题。因为这些公司认为，妇女是可怕的。我们不能做很多事情，但男人可以，我们会给宝宝但男人不，我们每个月都有几天的精神问题，但男人不。那不公平。我们做了很多，所以它是正确的给我们更多的机会。
在舞会上，她错过了她的爱。如今，我们需要勇敢。当机会来临的时候，我们必须抓住它的时候。如果我们输了，我们不能再见面。机会是给有准备的人。所以我们应该准备和机会会找到我们。我们要学会拒绝。如果她拒绝了亚历克的朋友，她也许可以避免这场灾难。在当今时代，许多儿童之间的关系妇女和男子早些时候。也有许多人不知道。实际上，我们的社会需要教他们要知道会发生什么，他们应该做什么来保护自己。虽然大多数家长认为这是个坏东西超越道德，但它往往是年轻人学。
我们需要宽恕。我们可以看到，苔丝生活在一个宗教场所，但是这些人没有想到善良和宽恕。当我们学生有浮雕的马克思主义，我们学到的是善良的，但他们呢?所以我们应该是一个无神论。我们学习科学，不是鬼。
之后，苔丝回到农场，她遇到了她爱了。她是害怕的，是在压力下，和害羞的她第一次爱的感觉。我们为什么要有犯罪的感觉后，犯错误?只是纠正我们的错误，我们是很好的人也。当然，我们不能犯错误，如果我们知道他们是错的。
我们无法避免的问题。苔丝不敢告诉天使真相。当天使知道，他不能接受的一次。在我们的日常生活中，我们会遇到许多困难。我们可能会犯错误。当时，我们必须重视它，面对它而不是逃避。事实将出来，除非你不做。我们大多数人不能接受我们的亲戚或朋友的背叛。所
以面对它，也许我们可以得到宽恕之前。
另一个重要的事情是苔丝的家庭有很多孩子。穷人的环境使她不得不与亚历克。穷人应该这样做吗?有许多贫穷的人在我们的国家，但他们发现自己的工作，尽管工作很难做。他们有他们自己的金钱和忍受痛苦。
我只是觉得我的家庭。我是父母唯一的孩子。他们都很爱我。我的大部分生活，他们有一个正确的方式教我。和我的祖父母。当我年轻的时候，他们四人教我做家务。他们说我是个好女孩，如果我听他们的。我总是听他们的，包含其他的东西，这可能是错的。这个寒假我回家了。我发现他们有许多错误的观念。