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THE ANALYSIS OF TESS OF THE DURBERVILLES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION THE FUNCYION OF THE ENVIROMENTAL DESCRIPTION CHARACTER ANALYSIS SETTING WRITING FEATURES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION Tess of the D’Urbervilles is the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy in 1891. The book is about the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield. The main characters are Tess, Angel, and Alec. [p188] SETTING The social environment The British society was undergoing profound changes, resulting in a variety of sharp contradictions and crises. The whole book describes the emerging industrialization and urban civilization and how the factors affected the ancient area in Wessex . About this chapter After Tess confessed her seduction by Alec to Angel. She was abandoned by Alec. She had to work at a farm alone. This chapter is mainly about how she got touch with Marian and worked in harsh conditions on the Flintcomb Ash farm. THE FUNCYION OF THE ENVIROMENTAL DESCRIPTION The environmental description accounts for much in this chapter. Besides to explain the surroundings where the story happened, a vital function is to reflect the character’s mental condition. e.g. (P190) There were few trees, or none, those that would have grown in the hedges being mercilessly plashed down with the quickset by the tenant—farmers, the natural enemies of tree, bush, and brake. The stark surroundings reflect the loneliness in Tesss heart and her current gloomy situation. e.g. (P190) The wall seemed to be the only friend she had. She has so little wish to leave it that she could have stayed there all night. By using the warm to extrude the coldness in her heart and so little support is enough in this situation. Also, it illustrating that in her tragic fate, support is always tiny and uncertain. e.g. (P192) There was not a tree within sight; there was not, at this season, a