Research Article

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence

Volume: 12 Number: 2 April 1, 2009
  • Ertuğrul Koç
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence

Abstract

In Tess of the d’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy depicts a godless world where human consciousness is unable to comprehend the consciousness of the universe. Hardy shows that, having created God as the culmination of his own moral perception, man hopelessly expects mercy and poetic justice from his own creation. Tess’s catastrophe is not the work of Christian God, but the work of the powers beyond the understanding of the character. Although Hardy suggests the solution for the circle of tragedy in human solidarity, in the civilization of man, or in the social stratification of the Victorian world, however, there is no place for peace and harmony. Hence, from Hardy’s perspective, man is alone and defenseless in the face of the tragedy awaiting him. Criticizing in a sardonic way the patriarchal mentality and the ignorance of his main character Tess, Hardy reveals that human existence is tragic, and what defines the life of individual is crass-casualty.  

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English

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Engineering

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Research Article

Authors

Ertuğrul Koç This is me

Publication Date

April 1, 2009

Submission Date

February 2, 2014

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Year 2009 Volume: 12 Number: 2

APA
Koç, E. (2009). Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence. Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering, 12(2), 127-140. https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW
AMA
1.Koç E. Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence. CUJSE. 2009;12(2):127-140. https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW
Chicago
Koç, Ertuğrul. 2009. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles: The Tragedy of Godless Human Existence”. Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering 12 (2): 127-40. https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW.
EndNote
Koç E (April 1, 2009) Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence. Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering 12 2 127–140.
IEEE
[1]E. Koç, “Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence”, CUJSE, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 127–140, Apr. 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW
ISNAD
Koç, Ertuğrul. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles: The Tragedy of Godless Human Existence”. Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering 12/2 (April 1, 2009): 127-140. https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW.
JAMA
1.Koç E. Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence. CUJSE. 2009;12:127–140.
MLA
Koç, Ertuğrul. “Tess of the D’Urbervilles: The Tragedy of Godless Human Existence”. Cankaya University Journal of Science and Engineering, vol. 12, no. 2, Apr. 2009, pp. 127-40, https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW.
Vancouver
1.Ertuğrul Koç. Tess of the d’Urbervilles: the Tragedy of Godless Human Existence. CUJSE [Internet]. 2009 Apr. 1;12(2):127-40. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53HN43WW