There is such a girl, she was deceived into becoming pregnant when she was young, she was abandoned by her husband when she was newly married, and finally forced to choose to kill someone.
Although in the eyes of the world, she has no chastity, but in the heart of Thomas Hardy, the British ** family, she is a pure woman.
She's Tess.
In 1891, when Hardy submitted the first draft of Tess to the magazine, he repeatedly ran into a wall and was rejected several times. He had to delete some of the sensitive plots before the work came out.
Unexpectedly, once "Tess" was published, it quickly caused a huge response, and it was reprinted 5 times in a year.
Although this work has experienced ups and downs before its publication and has been controversial since its publication, it has become an immortal masterpiece of English literature with its strong persuasive power over the years.
When I was young, I thought Tess was a tragedy of a particular era.
After reading all the vicissitudes of life and traversing the impermanence, I suddenly found that hundreds of years later, Tess's tragedy is still unfolding.
Countless girls like Tess are fixed in cognition, imprisoned in thinking, and confined to the times.
They are as vigorous as the sun, full of hope, accumulating light and heat, but in the end they are imprisoned by the clouds and hidden in the dust.
Sora has a beautiful face
He is the initiator of a tragic life
Beautiful Tess was born into an ordinary family in the English countryside, her father was a street vendor, and her mother was a laundry worker.
One day, my father accidentally learned a secret from the priest: he was a descendant of the famous De Burville family, a veritable nobleman.
The ghost-obsessed parents have since started to dream of being an aristocratic person who has stepped into the upper class.
The father drank and boasted, and did not do his job;The mother is delusional and urges Tess to "recognize her own family".
Sixteen-year-old Tess was coerced by her parents to go to the "home" Duberville estate.
Clinker, Tess has just walked into the manor when she meets Alec, the only son of Duberville.
The hand of fate turned the clouds and rained, and Tess's life went aside.
Alec was attracted by her beauty and had a bad idea. When he learned of his intentions, he volunteered to be a guide and took Tess on a tour of the manor.
Alec did his best to take care of Tess. Not only did he find something to eat for Tess, but he also picked roses to make Tess happy.
Young Tess didn't understand Alex's intentions at all, and fell into his trap in embarrassment during Alex's careful and enthusiastic arrangement.
Soon, under Alec's calculations, Tess was arranged to raise chickens at the manor.
In an unfamiliar environment, Alec became her only support. And Alec's crazy "flower protection" behavior also aroused the jealousy of Tess's female companions.
Just when Tess had no intention of laughing at her female companions, she was besieged by more female companions. At the critical moment, Alec came on horseback, and Tess jumped on his horse and broke through the siege of the women.
Riding into the woods, Alec dispels Tess's defenses with sweet words. When she learned of Alec's help to the family, she was both moved and embarrassed.
In a lonely situation, the helpless Tess is taken possessed by Alec.
Tess's tragedy began.
Pregnant, she dodged in shame, always deliberately avoiding the crowd, afraid of other people's fingers.
I have read a sentence: "A beautiful girl, you have wisdom, beauty will become your resource;If you don't have wisdom, beauty is a disaster. ”
Tess has the appearance of a captivating city, but she has no wisdom to control it, and she does not have insight into the purpose of a man's inactivity.
God has given her a good face, which will inevitably bring more**. Even if time passes, there will still be women in the world who fall into tragedy because of their empty beauty.
Beauty is a double-edged sword, it will bring you more opportunities, and it will also bring you endless tests.
Only with the courage to resist ** and the wisdom to control beauty can we stay away from the trap of tragedy.
The family of origin is a script of life, but it is not a script of life
Frightened, Tess returns home, but her parents are content and bask in the fantasy that their daughter is about to marry into a wealthy family.
When she saw Tess, her mother thought she had come back to give the good news. Because she dressed Tess carefully before leaving, she believed that any man would be captivated by Tess.
When she learns the truth, her mother is so disappointed that she blames Tess for being sloppy and ignorant.
Tess relates to her mother, who was just a child and didn't know the dangers of men, and that her mother had never taught her to guard against it.
Tess ** knew that her mother refused to teach her, just so that she could put down the shelf and accept the young master's pursuit.
Soon after returning home, Tess gave birth to a child, but the parents were so disgusted with the child that they ignored it, and the emaciated child soon fell ill.
Looking at the dying child, a panicked Tess rushes downstairs to seek help from her parents, hoping to find a priest to baptize.
However, Tess's father, who is annoyed with Tess for disgrace in the family, never allows the pastor to enter the house to prevent the scandal from spreading. He took the key and locked the door and went back to sleep in peace.
Tess was left alone to face the pain, tossing and turning in bed, and was frightened into a cold sweat at night. finally survived until dawn, but the child was already out of breath.
Tess wants to bury the baby, and she plucks up the courage to ask the priest, but is ruthlessly refused. It's not that the pastor doesn't want to help her, it's that the father refuses to help.
Desperate, Tess took advantage of the night and quietly buried the child in the cemetery.
It's all over, but the painful memories don't dissipate. Ess escapes her past life and decides to run away from home.
There is a sentence in "The Family of Origin" that says: "The easiest thing to defeat and defeat people is often not society, not the workplace, not others, but our so-called safe haven home." ”
The family of origin is only the place where we start, but it cannot determine the direction of our life.
If the original family does not become your strong backing, then bravely go to the sun, leave the shadow of the original family, and you will see the real wonderful.
With independence and strength, ** the wound of the original family.
Life can not be successful, but it cannot be without growth
Tess left her village and worked as a laborer on a farm fifty miles from her home.
She focuses on her work every day, never lazy or engaged in small talk. Soon, Tess's natural innocence caught the attention of the young man, Angel Claire.
Claire was born noble, the son of a priest, who was not only erudite and diligent, but also versatile.
Soon, Claire begins a passionate pursuit of Tess. However, she begins to retreat in the face of Claire's pursuit, and she is afraid that Claire will know about her past.
However, she does not intend to give up this hard-won love. She accepts Claire's affection and tries to tell him the truth.
Just as Tess hesitated, they entered the palace of marriage.
On their wedding night, Tess confides in him that she has lost her virginity.
Despite Tess's repeated assertions that she had been deceived, Claire was never able to accept it, and soon he ran away.
Everything is in order, pain is inevitable, and she naively thinks that love will cover all faults.
After Claire left, she sent Tess £30 a month for living expenses. However, Tess has to support the whole family behind her, and soon she can't make ends meet.
And Claire also suffered a business failure and cut off supplies. This winter, Tess was evicted from the house by her landlord because she had no money to pay her rent.
At this time, her father became seriously ill, and Tess, who had no way out, went to work on the farm.
Just when Tess was suffering from cold eyes and hard work, fate made her meet Alec again.
Alec begins his fierce pursuit again, and he confesses and apologizes to Tess, just to get her to re-enter his cage.
Tess should have hated him, but she accepted him again.
But just when Tess was doing ** with peace of mind, Claire, who had a change of heart, found her, which made her fall into the abyss of pain again.
Faced with the love of her life, but no longer able to have it, Alec's insults finally broke through Tess's last line of defense, and she plunged a sharp knife into Alec's chest.
Six days later, Tess died by hanging, ending a tragic life.
The Godfather says: "Those who spend half a second to see through the essence of things, and those who spend their whole lives unable to see the essence of things, are destined to have completely different fates." ”
Cognitive ability affects a person's judgment, and different levels of cognition can lead to completely different practices, and even affect the fate of a person's life.
If cognition stays in place, people will also be trapped in the net and struggling, sinking deeper and deeper into the swamp of fate.
Only by going through the world, training people's hearts, and understanding the truth can we improve our cognition and grow in frustration.
If you look at Tess's life, you will find that a beautiful shell is not enough to support a person to go too far, a poor family is enough to drag a person down, and a limited cognition will lead to a lifetime of tragedy.
All the tragedies in the world are to smash the beauty in front of the world. The shadow of tragedy can be seen in the broken fragments.
Although Tess is a tragedy of that era, no matter how the times change, the cause of the tragedy will not change, and the tragedy will continue to be staged. Like the weeds mixed in the field, recognize it and uproot it in order to reap a good harvest.
Lu Xiaoman once wrote: "There is no one in this world who is not injured, no matter when, you have to believe it." The only thing that is truly your own is yourself. ”
In a long life, there will always be a journey of wind, a journey of rain, and several injuries, and only oneself can heal.
Life is traveling, home is only the initial starting point, may you get rid of the shackles of the original family and fly in the wind.
Fate is many, people always need to keep moving forward, I hope you can work hard step by step, stand higher to see further.
This world is not perfect, may you try your best to be perfect, improve your cognition, penetrate the world, and harvest a full life.
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