【正确答案】正确答案：Tess is the protagonist of the novel. She is a beautiful, loyal young woman living with her impoverished family. Tess has a keen sense of responsibility and is committed to doing the best she can for her family, although her inexperience and lack of wise parenting leave her extremely vulnerable. Tess is a symbol of unclear and unstable notions of class in nineteenth-century Britain. Beyond her social symbolism, she also represents fallen humanity in a religious sense.