ape torment after death ”(Wandering, 2005 ). Xianglin ’ Wife says nothing at the time, but she must have taken the advice to heart . After breakfast she goes to the Temple of the Tutelary God at the west end of the town and asks tobuy a threshold as an offering. At first the priest refuses, only giving a grudging consent after she is reduced to tears of desperation. The price charged is twelve thousand cash (Wandering, 2005) .F rom this, it is easy to get how important for her tobuy a threshold to atone for sins. Nevertheless , her attitude to the atonement for sins through buying a threshold reflects that the feudal superstition poisons her so much. 2.2.2 The destruction of English peasantry caused by capitalism Tess in Hardy ’s work dares to pursue her right of love; however, she is also
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