苔丝,英文读后感篇一：苔丝英文读后感ImpressionoftheTessoftheD’UrbervillesIngeneral,thebookTessoftheD’UrbervillestellsusastoryaboutthelifeoftheheroinenamedTess.WecansaythatTess’slifeisgreatlyinfluencebytwomen:AlecD’UrbervilleswhoseducesherandAngelClarewithwhomshereallyfallinlove.ThefirstpersonappearinginthebookisTess’sfatherwhohappenstoknowfromaparsonthatheisadirectdescendantoftheancientandnoblefamilyoftheD’Urbervilles.Heisveryhappyandproudofhisdescent,despitethatheisstillverypoor.AndhewantsTesstogotothehouseofarich“relative”andwanttogethelpfromthem.Fromthiswecanseethevanityofpeopleandthesocialhierarchy.Atfirst,Tessdoesnotwanttodoso.Butaftertheonlyhorseintheirhousedied,shehasnochoicebuttoseekhelpfromtherelative.Thesituationiscausedbythesocialenvironmentatthattime.Inthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury,Britainexperiencedgreatchangesinthepoliticandeconomicareas.Theindustrialrevolutionbringingupattheendofthe18thcenturywasflourishinginthe1830s.In1846,RepealoftheCornLawswascarriedoutanditbecamethesymbolofthedeclineofagriculturallaborforceandtheincreaseofurbanlaborforce.Tessandherfamilyaretherepresentativesofrurallabors.Theyworkveryhardtomakealiving,beingexploitedandoppressed.AlecD’Urbervilles,thesonofarichmerchantwhobuysthenobletitleofD’Urbervilles.HeisattractivetoTessatfirstsightandseducesTessafterward.WhenTessissadaboutbeingseduced,Alecsaystoher,“wellyou'reverysadTessandyouhavenoreasontobe”．Thissentenceshowsthatmenatthattimedonotpayrespectstowomen.Inothersense,ifwesaythatTessistherepresentativeofrurallabors,Alecisthesymboloftheright,power,evil,andwealthofthebourgeoisie.Howeverhefinallybeesapriest.Tome,itseemssoirony.Fromthis,wecanseetheinfluenceoftheBible.InBible,EveeatstheapplecoaxedbytheSatan,andthenshegivestheappletoAdam.Sopeopletendtothinkthatwomenaremoreevilthanmen.AngelClareistheyoungestsonoftheReverend.Hegoesagainstwhatthefamilyhadintendedforhim,acareerintheministry,likehisfatherandbrothers.Instead,Angelpursuesacareerthatseemsoppositeofwhathisfamilywouldlikeforhimfarming.Inthissense,hecanbeconsideredasafreethinker,buthisnotionsofmoralityturnouttobefairlyconventional.HerejectsTessontheirweddingnightwhensheconfessesthatsheisn’tavirgin,althoughlikeTess,AngelalsohasapastwhenhewasnearlyledintoarelationshipwithawomaninLondon.Thisshowstheinequalitybetweenthemenandwomen.WhycanAlecaskforforgivenessfromTesswhenheisnotwillingtodothesame?TheonlyreasonIcanfindisthereligiousfactor.InBible,itissaidthatwomanismadefromman'srib.Maybebecauseofthis,AlecthinksTessshouldonlybelongtohim.SoselfishamanheisFinallyIwanttosaysomethingaboutTess.Firstly,whatimpressesmemostaboutherishersacrificeforthefamily.ShegoestoAlec’shousejustbecausethehorsetheyneedtosupplythefamilydied,whichleadtoherbeingseduced.However,afterherdaddied,forherfamily,shehastosurrendertoAlecwhichshewouldneverdoiftherewereotherchoices.Secondly,Iadmirehercourage.Afterbeingseduced,shedoesnottakeitforherfateandshebeginstoresist.WhenAlecaskshertostay,shesays“It'strue.IhaveneverlovedyouandInevercanPerhapsIshouldtellalieandthenIcouldleadafortablelife．ButIhaveenoughhonornottotellthatlie．IfIlovedyouImighthaveaverygoodreasontotellyouso．ButIdon't.”Sheissobravethatshechoosetofaceallthedifficulties,evenbeamotherunmarried.Thirdly,Tessisloyaltolove.ShedoesnotloveAlec,soshechoosestoleave.Still,forlove,shechoosestowait,nomatterhowlon...