... on Victorian literature. The Wessex girl Eustacia, the mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervills and stone-mason Jude, as described by Hardy, vibrate our heart with the profundity of tragic vision and intensity of tragic feeling. What on earth makes these tragedies so profound and rich? The central task of this essay is to define the tragic consciousness, which is the key, from three aspects: tragic consciousness of society, tragic consciousness of fate and tragic ... consciousness of life. I. Tragic consciousness of society The most ... ...

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