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The Fatalism in Tess of the D¡¯Ubervilles
Have you ever staring at a crystal ball expected to see your future? ... Just in the novel Tess of the D¡¯Ubervelles by Thomas Hardy, perhaps we can peer a tip of the iceberg of the veiled fate as an alien existence from another planet.
So today I would like to talk about the fatalism in Tess of the D¡¯Ubervilles, the Hardy¡¯s masterpiece. My presentation covers three parts, including Tess¡¯ locked future in the beginning of the novel, Tess¡¯ awareness of her domed state and the role of coincidence playing in her fate.
Fatalism, defined in Webster¡¯s Dictionary, is ¡°the doctrine that all things take place by inevitable necessity¡±. Fatalism is the idea that all actions are controlled by Fate, a primitive power that exists independent of human wills and outside of the controls of power of a supreme being such as God because God ultimately has no power, he is a creation of man who granted Him His power. ... In short, if one subscribes to this doctrine, you believe that Fate controls how things happened and God can do nothing to save you, even Tess. Overall, Tess seems to go through life experiencing one negative event after another. ... Tess¡¯ future seems licked up from the beginning of the novel. As the story opens, we first meet her father and learn of Tess¡¯ ancestry. Somehow we know almost immediately that this knowledge isn¡¯t necessarily going to save the poor clan, especially once we learn of the Fate of Tess¡¯ ancestors: ¡°Where do we d¡¯Ubervelles live? ...
Also Tess seems to sense her doomed state.
Approximate Word count = 1377
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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