《德伯家的苔丝》是英国文学巨匠——托马斯·哈代“性格与环境小说”的代表作之一,在世界文学史上堪称悲剧小说的典范。小说刻画了主人公苔丝悲剧及其中人物的人性特点,从不同侧面物揭示了19世纪维多利亚英国社会宗教伦理道德的腐败以及对人的身心的伤害,展现了社会底层劳动人民的生存困境,本文从试图从不同形态的人物身上,探讨苔丝悲剧命运的社会根源。 Tess of the D ’Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of the British literary master Thomas Hardy ’ Novel of Character and Environment ’and is regarded as a model of tragic novels in the history of world literature. The novel depicts the tragedy of the Tess of the hero and the human characteristics of the characters. From different angles, it reveals the corruption of ethics and morality of the religious ethics in Victorian British society in the 19th century and the physical and psychological harm to human beings. It shows the survival predicament of the working people at the bottom of society. Trying to explore the social roots of Tess’s tragedy from different forms of people.