Two Female Characters of Tragic Fate from Different Countries-Tess and Xianglin’s Wife

This article mainly deals with the comparison between the main character XiangLin’s wife in LuXun’s short narrative story Blessing and the main character Tess in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles wri...     

Two Female Characters of Tragic Fate from Different Countries—Tess and Xianglin's Wife

This article mainly deals with the comparison between the main character Xiang Lin’s wife in Lu Xun’s short narrative story Blessing and the main character Tess in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles written by the famous critic realistic British writer Hardy in 19th century.This article discusses about the similarities and differences between the two tragic figures from three aspects,namely the background of their times;the origins of their tragedies and the personalities of the two women,so that the readers may have a better understanding of the themes of the two novels.