文档介绍：? parison between the Heroines in Tess of D’ Urbervilles and Sister Carrie The significance of writing this thesis ? Nowadays literature study is almost perfectly and profoundly cultivated by scholars and educators all around the world, thus the exploration in this field is progressing much slower parison literature is raising its head steadily in modern literature circles. By comparison between the Heroine in Tess of D’ Urbervilles and Sister Carrie, we can deeply understand the survival and the misery of women under the upheaval of industrial bourgeoisie while the fate of two protagonists follow a contrary route. The insignificance of the individuals and the pure passive adaption of the individuals prehensively revealed. ? 1. Introduction ? Thomas Hardy and His works ? Theodore Dreiser and His works ? An Introduction to Tess of D'Urbervilles and Sister Carrie ? 2. Similarities of Tess and Carrie ? Incarnation of Purity, Beauty and Kindness ? Victims of Patriarchal Society ? 3. Differences between Tess and Carrie ? Tess's Pursuing True Love ? Carrie's Pursuing Material Love ? Different Endings ? 4. Causes of the Different Destiny for Tess and Carrie ? Different Social Environment ? Different Personality ? 5. Conclusion Abstract ? This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one makes a brief introduction to the two authors and their works. Chapter Two discusses the similarities of Tess and Carrie. Although they are regarded as “ fallen women ” because of losing chastity at very youth age, both Tess and Carrie are pure and kind in heart, and they struggle against the patriarchal society, but both e the victims of patriarchal society. Chapter Three focuses on the differences between Tess and Carrie. They are different in the attitudes towards the value of life. ? Chapter four gives a full analysis of the causes which contribute to the different destiny for Tess and Carrie. Different social envi