Abstract
Despite the fact that the character of Tess Durbeyfield in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles has aroused bitter criticism from many critics and readers, she is considered as one of the most fascinating and charming fictional femme fatales. Notwithstanding her inadequacies, Hardy remains emotionally committed to her to the last page of the book and never withdraws his inherent sympathy for her. Invested with tremendous strength, irresistible physical attraction and sensuality, she is an epitome of human frailties. Hardy presents her as an amalgamation of diverse impulses which complicates her situation. This paper aims at focusing on those aspects in her constitution which perplex readers as well as critics; hence making it difficult for them to determine whether she can be termed as ‘Seductive Eve’ or she was just a passive victim of circumstantial conspiracies/compulsions.
Dr. Shazia Ghulam Mohammad, , Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam Khalis. (2013) Thomas Hardy’s Tess: A Seductive Eve or a Blemished Woman?, The Dialogue, Volume 8, Issue 2.
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