问答题
And yet nothing had changed since the moments when he had been kissing her; or rather, nothing in the substance of things. But the essence of things had changed.These and other of his words were nothing but the perfunctory babble of the surface while the depths remained paralyzed. He turned away, and bent over a chair.[She]followed him to the middle of the room where he was, and stood there staring at him with eyes that did not weep. Presently she slid down upon her knees beside his foot, and from this position she crouched in a heap."In the name of our love, forgive me!" she whispered with a dry mouth. "I have forgiven you for the same ! "And, as he did not answer, she said again—"Forgive me as you are forgiven! I forgive you, Angel. ""You—yes, you do. ""But you do not forgive me?""O[...], forgiveness does not apply to the case! You were one person; now you are another. My God—how can forgiveness meet such a grotesque—prestidigitation as that!"He paused, contemplating this definition; then suddenly broke into horrible laughter—as unnatural and ghastly as a laugh in hell."Don"t—don"t! It kills me quite, that!" she shrieked. "O have mercy upon me—have mercy!"He did not answer; and, sickly white, she jumped up.
问答题
Identify the author and the work from which the passage is selected.
【正确答案】正确答案：The passage is selected from Thomas Hardy"s Tess of the D"Urbervilles.
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Analyze the significance of the book"s subtitle.
【正确答案】正确答案：Hardy added the subtitle "A Pure Woman" to his Tess of the D"Urbervilles. This subtitle shows the purity of Tess. Though Tess is "ruined" and "immoral" in the traditional Christian view, her degeneration is the consequence of her poor economic condition and the suppression from which she suffers morally, physically and spiritually. The innate purity of Tess remains intact to the whole story.
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Analyze the personality of the heroine and hero.
【正确答案】正确答案：Tess is a beautiful, innocent and loyal woman. She has a keen sense of responsibility to her family, and she is committed to doing the best she can for the ones she loves. The above passage shows her passionate intensity to Angel. Angel is an intelligent young man who has decided to become a farmer to preserve his intellectual freedom from the pressures of city life. He thinks himself as open-minded and thoughtful but his ideals of human purity are too elevated to be applied to actual life. In this passage he becomes rather heartless.