Character Determines Destiny: ---Analysis of Characters in Tess of D¡¯Urberville

¢ñ.Introduction:
Thomas Hardy is one of the the most important authors in British literature . Hardy's own life wasn't similar to his stories. He was born on the Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. His father was a master mason and building contractor, his mother, whose tastes included Latin poets and French romances, provided for his education. After schooling in Dorchester Hardy was apprenticed to an architect. At the age of 22 Hardy moved to London and started to write poems, which idealized the rural life. In 1867 Hardy left London for the family home in Dorset, and resumed work briefly with Hicks in Dorchester. He entered into a temporary engagement with Tryphena Sparks, a sixteen-year-old relative. Hardy continued his architectural work, but encouraged by Emma Lavinia Gifford, he started to consider literature as his "true vocation." Unable to find public for his poetry, the novelist George Meredith advised Hardy to write a novel.
Tess of The D¡¯Urberville(1891) came i...