关键词:悲剧命运;相似;相异;原因
ABSTRACT
Tess of the D’Urbervilles and The Scarlet Letter are two great works, which have come through hundreds of years not to fade in the British and American literature. They are different in the writers’ nationalities and living time, and have the difference respectively in the theme and the style. But through the comparison, we can find numerous similarities between these two works, especially the two heroines - Hester and Tess. In this article, the author is going to carry on the comparison between these two heroines' tragic destiny, concluding the similarities and differences as well as discussing the reasons, with the intension of exposing the ugly, hypocritical and brutal face of the religion and male-power society, which will also show the charm of the females’ great personality displayed in front of the pitiful destiny.