On Thomas Hardy¹’s Religious Sense in His Works
  托马斯哈代作品中体现的宗教观念

   Abstract: Religion has a profound influence on the works of European and American

writers. .From a series works of Thomas Hardy, clearly we can see the influence of The

Bible on him .Nevertheless, though Hardy failed to eliminate the limitation of Tragic²

predestination and religious tradition ,  By the case study analyzing³ on the works of

Thomas Hardy ,this paper makes an research on the distinguished⁴ religious sense of  Thomas

Hardy as well as its cause of formation.

   内容摘要：宗教对欧美作家的文学作品有着深远的影响。从托马斯•哈代的一系列作品里，我们可以

清楚地看到圣经和宗教对托马斯哈代的影响。然而，虽然哈代没有摆脱悲观宿命和宗教习俗的局限性，

但他对人物形象地塑造以及小说意向的组合无疑对社会的伦理道德和基督教义进行了讽刺和抨击。通过

对托马斯•哈代作品的个案研究分析，本文分析了哈代独特的的宗教观念及其成因。

 
Conclusion

   Therefore, a perspective can be concluded: the unique religious sense influenced Thomas

Hardy’s work heavily. Check out the literary experience of Thomas Hardy, the author was

changed to the suspicion from firmly believing on God, and turned in the irony⁵ and satire⁶

in the end. The hardness and bitterness of common people make Hardy realized that the

common people can never be rescued by the “Almighty God’, not to say of getting rid of

the miserable⁷ real life they have. As a result, Hardy put all his desire and will not to

current life but the future lone⁸, Not to God but to human beings. And in the late years,

Hardy also shows a rebellion on God. He Declared that God not help him to complete his

career, he would not make his dream come true unless by his own sweat-taking struggles.  

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