德伯家的苔丝第一季

如果那日，我们曾跳过舞。我着白裙，你穿灰衣。芳草萋萋，日色温柔，初刻相逢的圣洁与纯真，我们必将幸福。必将幸福。

将不会有泪水反复浸泡的忏悔与诅咒，将不会有命运交错压碾的痛苦与追悔，亦将不会有我与你，在巨石阵，乌鸦群下的诀别。

他的邪恶，你的懦弱，都已被我的宽恕与爱淹没。离开的时刻，依旧有勇气说出“我已准备好”，长发飘散在空中，连同泪水，连同曾经的温存与追盼，连同我最后的呼吸。

死去，抑或还在活着的人，你们终将记得。记得我的倔强，我的纯洁，我的美丽。记得我用生命祭祀爱情的勇气，这般决绝，不留余地。

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名叫Angel的男人并不是天使。他的爱，单纯而又单薄。他的眸子漆黑，却燃着两团火；他的脸颊苍白，却立着倔强的颧骨。他欣赏在草坡上跳舞的白衣少女，尽管她们出身贫寒；他钟情身体力行的劳动，尽管他出身氏族。为接近自己心怡的姑娘，他乐得连背三位姑娘过水塘。他对Tess的爱，单纯而又单薄。

不要企图用责任感和忠诚度来考验男人的爱情，后者时常会溃不成军。就算勉强过关，也多半撑不到婚姻的坟墓口就先歇菜。Angel 单纯的爱，薄脆如纸，承载不起那被世俗的尺规百般衡量的所谓道德感。他薄薄一层勇气只够给自己看中的女人套上戒指，再无余下面对其它。逃避或逃逸，那简直理所当然。

Tess被自己的爱放逐了，放逐在布满礼帽裙撑和社交规则的社会边缘。她一度报复性的在自己脸上抓出道道血痕。不错，空有青春与美貌，却换不回心爱男人的谅解与宽容，架空了的爱，最后只能走向极端。

极喜欢BBC这次改编的选角，Tess与我想象中的简直一摸一样，有着蓬乱却美丽的深栗色长发，雪白的脸颊上点点雀斑，以及微张着的，倔强性感的嘴唇。从天真无邪的少女到隐忍负重的被丈夫离弃的妻子，Tess才是真正值得让人敬佩的独立女性。她的爱，能量虽然大得惊人，足以艰难生存亦足以激烈毁灭，却不足以让她失爱而亡。失去贞洁与失去爱情本各是女人的致命之击，Tess却坚强而倔强的活着，背负着宗教，社会和生存的压力，背负着旁人审判的目光，就算流落至吉普赛的境地，她依旧不屈不挠，她说：“那么，我也不喜欢你的上帝！”就算死亡，也是由她自己选择，安安稳稳与爱人温存，交代好身后事，她落着泪，却梗着脖子走向终点。

这才是光芒万丈的女性主义，即使在命运之轮的野蛮压碾下依旧灿烂绽放，不卑不亢。她让叫作Angel的好男人，和不叫作Angel的坏男人都变得卑微不堪，不值一提。

直到今天，男人依旧成不了天使，女人却前仆后继以各自的方式诠释着Tess。

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Everything is as it should be.

It couldnt have lasted, Angel.

Too much happiness.

 

If we had danced that day, how happy we might have be.

I may still let myself get immersed in the tragic mood after watching Tess of the D'Urbervilles, thus this opera review will seem quite emotionally unstable, or even becoming extremism, anyway, I must write down sth. after watching this tragedy, which, to my understanding, can never be categorized as a tragic romance. Honestly, I am not sympathetic with anyone in this drama, including Tess, all of whom have been living life in their own way, no intention of being judgmental here.

 

But I must get clear on my own thoughts, why, I mean why Tess fell so much in love with Angel and ended herself up in such misery? I can not tell any merits from Angel from the very beginning, even back to that May Dance on the lawn, come on, at the first glance, I conclude that he is an emotional unstable youngster who can barely bear any responsibility, en, I am also way too poignant. He adopted dual moral standards, I bet Tess's life would be getting better, or even a happy ending with Alec or other normal but kind man without ever getting the chance to meet Angel. I am more than willing to adapt this sentence "If we had danced that day, how happy we might have be" to " If we have hadn't met on that day, how happy I might have be", poor Tess, you got the wrong way!

 

There is no doubt that Angel is a devil, but this can still make no difference to Tess if she chose to keep that secret what she has already sworn to her mum, an incapable but intelligent mum who always cared for Tess. That's to say, Tess's purity should be blamed, at least partly, for her own tragedy, devil needs counterparts not a real angel to match with each other. In the mean time, Tess is a perfectionist, she can't stand any flaws lying between Angel and herself, yes, her pursuit of perfect love without any reserve from that man she deeply loves predicts her destiny. Poor Tess, there is never ever perfect love like you imagined in the real world, why not let go of the past and move on? Purity, Perfectionism, they are far from the worst part of Tess's characters, when I saw how pleased and relieved she was after hearing Angel's confession of his own misbehavior, I can't help feeling badly sad for this poor girl, she shall know the principle of equity can't be translated into reality, especially a world ruled by men back then, which is almost the case nowadays. Till now, Purity, Perfectionism, and Principle of equity, I don't think these suffice to lead Tess to hanging, here comes the last but the most important reason: her poignancy. I feel uncomfortable to put this poor girl like this, but truth will prevail anyway. Frankly speaking, I can't resist getting angry while seeing how mean and cruel she has behaved towards Alec, whose inside equals outside, who is the only character in the drama never pretending to be an angel. I believe he really tried best to get a fresh lease of life by means of following god and disseminating his doctrine as a preacher, and he may go astray for temptation again. I am not entitled to judge whether he is a devil, but I don't think he deserves being stabbed by a bread knife. He is much better than Angel, he may ask for an exchange for his life-saving offer, come on, an imaginary angel can't save your family from starvation, but a real devil can. That's the unmerciful truth of life, fighting against it or living in untopianism may incur real troubles, which are well expressed in Tess's story.

 

Of course, we can still scold Alec as many others have already done over these years and we should despise Angel who deserves vicious blame. There is a book review telling that this story was intended to be against religious authorities, say, Christian, I should say I can't be more happy for Angel's non-belief in God, otherwise I would feel twice hurt because of his selfish behavior. Anyway, I should not be that much judgmental, as Tess's experienced mum has put it like this " This one is not different from the other".

 

In the here and now, my point is: what can we girls learn from Tess's story? Yes, it's just a fictive novel narrating a story happening long long ago and far far away...but there must be sth. in common which is applicable even today. Shortly, I emphasize that Tess' s purity, perfectionism, principle of equity, and poignancy (4P) ended herself up in hanging, and others in undeserved death or life-time self-accusation...I am currently incapable of delving deep into analyzing these "4P "characters, I however never imply that they are harmful, to the contrary, they are real goodness, which I appreciate a lot and try best to observe, in god's name. But we sometimes must adapt our principles to surroundings, not bending but catering to the society where we are born and destined to die, I must call myself a fool if I insist on becoming an angel so as to expect another one, so, come to the basics: it really matters how we live in this world, but how? I have no idea of this!

 

I will pray for God to guide me in life.

先随手写...以免忘了..

Ep1
不是最美的Tess..08的Tess好美确是真的...但是我觉得三个都有各自美好的地方...
三个版本的男人我都喜欢嘤嘤嘤><

讲的很详细...比如说马是怎么死的...

还是钟情于喂草莓的那段~只是这个版本着重写了Alec的反应，喉结翻动让我忍不住也咽了一口口水><

但是!!没有一个版本教会我吹口哨好桑感T T

比79版有多讲一些第一次见面...98版的讲了过了头...扑哧><

被提醒...诱奸不是强奸啊...这个太直接了...08和79的都比这个好

目前看了两集。一共四集。此观感随时更新。

演员选的挺好。演Tess的Gemma Arterton的确有小说里Tess的气质。哈代描写过Tess的嘴唇是微微上翘的，每句话说完之后嘴唇会孩子气的向上一撅。这个特点Gemma Arterton也有，不晓得是天生的还是训练出来的。
演Alec D'urberville的那家伙尤其好，第一次看他的蓝眼睛就觉得阴森，满是lust的阴森。
Angel Clare比起以上两个稍稍逊色一些，但也很不错了。

第二集里那几个挤奶女工的戏也是忠实原著的。Marian高大壮硕，Izz苍白理智，Retty小巧而神经质。Angel Clare把她们一个个抱过积水潭的情节是文学历史上最经典的情节之一（个人以为）。

有一些细节处理的很动人。例如：其他三个女工看着窗外的Angel，每个人都爱他，都恨不得明天就嫁给他。但是有人说：我们谁也嫁不成。因为他最喜欢Tess Durbeyfield。Tess背对着她们，听到这句话，幸福的闭上眼睛。真是动人的细节，一个年轻女子知道自己喜欢的人也喜欢自己时的那种心情。

The Independent有评论说此版本忽略了一些原著里含有的ambiguity。最明显的一处是：Tess在狩猎林里被Alec...的那个清晨，小说里的描写很模糊：rabbit和hare偷偷的跳来跳去，黑暗和寂静笼罩着一切，狩猎林里立着古老的的橡树和紫杉，鸟儿在沉睡着。那么守护Tess的天使在哪里？

为我的翻译表示道歉。以下引用原文：
Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around. Above them rose the primeval yews and oaks of The Chase, in which there poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and about them stole the hopping rabbits and hares. But, might some say, where was Tess's guardian angel? where was the providence of her simple faith?

此段中的描写含有性暗示（rabbit是哈代对sex的影射 - 此评论说），除此之外，还有含糊的意味。即，Tess在这一过程中的反应是模糊的：她当然是被迫的，但是这其中肯定有一定程度的被诱惑，并参杂了少女情窦初开的一时糊涂。在电视改编版本中Tess的惊叫把这一情节等同于强奸。此外小说中的Tess在被Alec在狩猎林里侵犯之后还和他继续过了一星期。记得我看的译本中说她“糊里糊涂的委身于他”。电视里她第二天就愤怒的离开，这个安排削减了哈代小说中的模糊性和复杂性。

被ALEC蛊惑的少女们醒醒吧，这明明是一个披着真诚的外衣而行伪善之事的小人。明明是自己想要堕落，却把责任推给苔丝说是她迷惑了他。就像古代那些说女人是红颜祸水的卫道士们一个样。他跟ANGEL的哥哥还有那个前女友没什么两样。
而ANGEL他的可爱之处在哪里？不是他对苔丝忠贞不渝的爱，而是在生活的磨难中终于得到省悟，从当时卫道士们的重重包围下解脱出来，解开了道德的枷锁，冲破了世俗的藩篱，听从了内心的召唤。而这一点，即使是现在，恐怕也并不是所有人都能做到的。虽然有点晚了，可是终归比没有的好吧。那些说他虚伪的观众，试试代入到他的身体里就会明白，想要潇洒的原谅一个人的过去，并不是那么容易的事。而懂得反省的人，是最值得尊敬的。
可是我们普通人的生活里，恐怕还是不想要付出这么大代价去赢得真爱吧。所以，真诚这个东西，有时候还真是个双刃剑啊。