【正确答案】正确答案：Put in the quotation marks, Hardy"s justice is quite ironic, just as the Greek tragedian Aeschylus"s view of the divine justice done to Prometheus who stole fire for the benefit of the people. Although it is quite controversial whether Tess has done benefit for the public, there is no doubt that her story is a tragic one. Firstly, her fate is determined from the very beginning of the story; it is a sport or game of the president of gods. Indeed, Tess" story is a long series of accidents. Had she not killed the horse by accident or she was not so responsible and loyal to her family, Tess could not have listened to her mother so obediently and set her foot on a doomed path. Had Tess" luck not been so bad as to be held up with a group of drunken friends after the affair, she should not have gone with Alec and fallen into his trap. What"s more, had the letter been seen by Angel in the first place and he has refused Tess before the wedding, Tess would not have suffered the pain of first being given hope and then grabbed away from her without a little bit mercy. Then on her way to seek Angel"s parents" help, had she not overheard Angel"s brothers criticizing their marriage, she should not have left and saw Alec at such a despairing and vulnerable state. And when Tess gave into Alec and became his lover, had fate not been so cruel to her and let Angel find her only accidentally through a postman"s slipup, she should have at least avoided the afterward disaster. But no, fate could not leave her alone until she is ruthlessly annihilated. Secondly, Tess" story is tragic in that she lives in a corrupted and corrupting society. People, like the rich nobleman Alec, can easily get away with his crime of impregnating and abandoning a lower-class girl while the victim is left laughed at and despised for something that is not her fault. Such a gentleman as Angel Clare, though he claims to serve the good and will of man, he can not accept his poor wife. He says one thing and does the other. As a matter of fact, both of them represent the unfair and hypocritical Victorian society, one way or the other.