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By Michael Jin - September 28, 2003
Men have learned to harness nature, but they have yet to transcend it. The laws of nature powerfully affect human behavior, and these laws are often antithetical to those of society. Thus the conscientious human being is constantly in flux---at once pulled by primal and civilized forces. In Tess of D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy portrays Tess…
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