In Tess of the D?Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy the stagnant main character Angel Clare perpetuates a virginal/pure dream-reality of Tess Durbeyfield. Hardy displays, tragedy by showing Angel?s struggle between illusion and reality, not only with Tess, but also with his pre-misconceptions of the lives of a farmer. The tragic flaw is the mistake of making a misunderstanding. The tragedy of human existence, spoken of by Thomas McFarlane, is the perpetuation of those misunderstandings. Mirrored through all of human existence is the tragedy of the struggle of working past those misconceptions, and explicitly Angel?s struggle with Tess?s dream reality.…
