This paper mainly focuses on the hero Tess, a beautiful, hardworking, sweet-natured and innocent girl. As the outstand-ing pioneer of the Feminists, Tess embodies the typical characteristics of the modern women: hardworking, brave, responsible andindependent. Tess is not only a person who appears in the novel, but one representative of all the feminists in our modern society. This paper mainly focuses on the hero Tess, a beautiful, hardworking, sweet-natured and innocent girl. As the outstand-ing pioneer of the Feminists, Tess embodies the typical characteristics of the modern women: hardworking, brave, responsible and dependent. Tess is not only a person who appears in the novel, but one representative of all the feminists in our modern society.