Hardy's novels exude a unique charm that has captivated generations of readers. Hardy's grass and trees have a strong local atmosphere, which has a strong charm for people who are tired of urban life. Hidden behind the local atmosphere, it is not difficult for us to find that there are a large number of environmental descriptions, and many character relationships and tragedies in the novel are unfolded in this environment, which is inseparable from the theme of the novel and has symbolic significance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > symbolism of color light</h1>
Details in Hardy's novels, such as depictions of color and light, often have obvious hints and symbols for plot development and tragedy. In "Tess", when the pure and fresh Tess returns to her cabin from the dance, what she sees is a bleak scene of "desolate and cold, dim light", the brightness of nature and the gray and dark contrast of home are strong, hinting at the beginning of the tragedy of Tess's life; when Tess first landed in the Alek mansion, there were "poisonous snakes" and "demons that stirred up the wind and made waves and caused tragedies" lurking in the turquoise, which was a "red light like blood" in Tess's fate, and the initiator of Tess's fate was self-evident.
Before Tess's wedding trip, the rooster crows at the groom, and the afternoon rooster chirp is an ominous sign of potential tragedy. In Western literature, red alludes to blood, violence, lust, and sin. In Tess, red imagery appears repeatedly throughout the storyline.
When the old horse on which Tess's family made a living was in a car accident, blood spurted from the wound; Tess's disaster land of Durberville was red; Tess was humiliated on the way back to Bray Valley, and met a fanatical believer who wrote a Bible excerpt on the fence or fence with red paint, these glaring bright red characters, in Tess's eyes, "they seem to be accusing her of her sins"; Tess took revenge, and after killing Alec, the landlady found a "red dot, which looked like a huge red peach card" appeared in the middle of the ceiling. 。
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > symbolism in the depiction of the seasons</h1>
Hardy attaches great importance to the changes of time and time in his works, and calls time "magician". Symbolized by the seasons, the fate of the characters is uniquely and subtly reflected in the cycle of the four seasons. The changes of the four seasons and their characteristics appear repeatedly in Hardy's novels, and the natural changes change as the characters' fates change.
In "Far Away from the Hustle and Bustle", the occurrence and development of events are skillfully integrated with the cycle of the four seasons, which are given a strong symbolic color and the plot appears orderly.
In the middle of the summer, Ballwood proposed to Bassheba for the first time, and his sun-like love rose in his chest; the love between Sergeant Troy and Bathsheba quickly heated up, and in the summer they were married; however, their passion was blown by the cool autumn wind, and in the autumn the lovers parted ways; in late autumn, Fanny was abandoned after being seduced by Troy, and died in sorrow and despair, and the fresh life drifted away with the fallen leaves.
The world is not always a bright spring, and love is not as hot as summer, but full of tragedy and misery; in the harsh midwinter, Ballwood finally won the love of Bath sheba after years of suffering and longing. But just as he was happily preparing to marry his bride, her long-missing husband, Troy, suddenly returned, and in a trance, Ballwood shot and killed him, and the prelude to the tragedy began.
The characteristics of the seasons are endowed with the spirituality of life, and the fate of the characters is as if the reincarnation of the four seasons is unpredictable and unpredictable. In the face of powerful nature, the smallness and helplessness of human beings form a strong contrast.
"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" is very prominent in its symbolism of the seasons. It divides the plot stages according to the seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and Tess's fate cleverly follows the law of the alternating cycle of the four seasons, running in the spring and declining in frustration in the autumn.
The story begins, "One evening in late May," when Tess and her female companions, dressed in white robes and holding green wicker in their hands, dance happily. The fresh green of nature symbolizes the crystalline and vibrant life of the Tess Flower Season, and in the spring of life, autumn, on a Sunday at the end of October, is a desolate "yellow-brown" in the distance.
The humiliated Tess returned home, full of the pain of losing her son, and was heavily suppressed by public opinion. The desolate and bleak scene is the portrayal of Tess's sad and desperate heart, life is shrinking in autumn; the following summer, Tess regains the enthusiasm of life in the dairy farm, the grass is verdant, the dark fragrance floats, the dawn of "pink", the evening of "violet", Tess and Claire sprout pure love, tasting strong love wine and weaving a dreamy future; in winter, Tess's happy life suddenly stops, and she has wandered around as an abandoned woman.
As Tess's life experience changes, the cycle of spring, summer, autumn, and winter clearly unfolds. Happiness is short-lived and illusory, and fate is cruel and merciless. The natural changes and the trajectory of the characters' fate jump harmoniously, like the rhythm of music: either soothing and joyful, or crying like a complaint; sometimes vibrating deaf and deaf. Agitated and exuberant; sometimes mournful, the sound is broken.
The symbolic imagery of the four seasons and their reincarnation vividly and artistically constructs people and people, people and nature, and people and society in the works.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > symbolic technique with animals as carriers</h1>
Animals are common symbols in Hardy's novels. Hardy wrote this passage in his diary when he was working on The Mayor of Custerbridge: "They are all caged birds, and the only difference is that the size of the bird cages is different." Even this is part of the tragedy. ”
The imagery of the cow shows the character, instincts, and destiny of people. The cow is a common animal in the Caster Bridge, and in chapter twenty-nine, the hero descends the cow to save the United States, this fierce, huge and violent cow is the symbol of Henchar's body, Henchar is not defeated by Valfrey, but defeated by instinct, it is instinct that makes him go to the casino of life.
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In "Far From the Hustle and Bustle", Bassheba rides on a horse and moves with agility, "like a kingfisher". The various movements of Duosun in "Homecoming" are the same as the flying posture of birds, and when meditating, it is like a stopped in the air and silently flying. Quiet like a swallow, skimming fast.
In addition, Hardy likes to compare the characters to a variety of flowers and trees, and after You Tessa drowns, her fluffy black hair is like "jungle covering her forehead". Tess's hair was drenched and became "not much stronger than seaweed." When the playboy Alike forcibly kissed her, he felt that her cheeks were "wet, cool, silky, slippery, like mushrooms growing in the ground around her."
His depictions are not only the externalization of the emotions and moods of the characters at that time and place, but also present an inner and flowing sense of beauty, so that the subject and the object, the characters and the nature of the water and milk blend and complement each other. The reflections and emotions of the characters are balanced, communicated and adjusted in nature. The colorful imagery conveys profound themes and artistic beauty, creating the tragic art world of Hardy's novels.
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