Abstract

The tragic marriage between Sue and Jude is always making readers sad.  This thesis mainly analyzes the reasons for Sue’s tragedy from the heroine’s personality, lack of sense of belongings, lack of material basis and the shackles of the religion. The heroine Sue seemed to be optimistic, but actually she had a weak soul. And ultimately she gave up the marriage with Jude. Sue lacked of belongingings in the traditional concept of marriage and social intercourse, which eventually led to the collapse of the spirit of Sue and the misfortune of marriage. The lack of material basis caused the turmoil of life, and Sue was exhausted in the marriage. Finally, Sue’s marriage was the victim of the religion. Under these circumstances, Sue’s marriage tragedy was inevitable.

Keywords: marriage tragedy;  personality;  lack of sense of belongings;  material basis;  religion

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

3. The Reasons for Sue’s Marriage Tragedy-2

3.1 Sue’s personality-2

3.2 Lack of sense of belongings-5

3.3 Lack of material basis-7

3.4 The shackles of religion-8

4. Conclusion-9

Works Cited-11