《还乡》是哈代“性格与环境”小说中最具宿命论色彩的作品。作者借荒原这一自然意象诠释人物命运与自然环境之间的矛盾与冲突。作品中的荒原神秘莫测,充满了魔幻色彩,并与人物的悲剧命运紧密相连。通过对作品中人与荒原主题的生态解读,哈代强调了人类应该尊重自然法则,与自然和谐共生的生态哲学观。 Returning Hometown is the most fatalistic work in Hardy’s “Character and Environment” novels. By using the natural image of wasteland, the author interprets the contradiction and conflict between the fate of the characters and the natural environment. The mystery of the wilderness in the works is full of magical colors and is closely linked with the tragedy of the characters. Through the ecological interpretation of the theme of man and the wasteland in his works, Hardy emphasizes the ecological philosophy that mankind should respect the laws of nature and live in harmony with nature.