哈代的创作时期是一个充满变化、动荡的时期。当时英国社会正经历着深刻的变化,新兴的工业化和都市文明给古老、乡土的威塞克斯地区带来了冲击。在哈代的代表作《德伯家的苔丝》中充满了各种圣经原型,这些原型或被赋予到主人公的性格与命运之中,或以明确的意象形式频繁出现。圣经意象的运用既给小说增添了超自然又富于哲理的色彩,使作品变得更神秘,更有文化张力,又深刻揭示了蕴藏于悲剧中的宗教原罪思想和社会意义。 Hardy’s creation period is a time of change and turmoil. At that time, British society was undergoing profound changes. The new industrialization and urban civilization brought the impact to the ancient and native Wessex region. In Hardy’s masterpiece, Tess of the Tiber, is full of biblical archetypes, which are either endowed with character and fate of the protagonist or appear frequently in definite images. The use of biblical image not only adds supernatural and philosophical color to the novel, makes the work more mysterious and more culturally tensioned, but also profoundly reveals the religious original guilt and social significance contained in the tragedy.