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Muggle
Tess's father was greedy, ignorant, and addicted to wine; Her mother was vulgar, shallow and unworldly, which made Tess bear the heavy burden of the family from the very beginning. Later, when Tess was helping her father to drive his carriage, the family's only horse died in an accident. Father let Tess to recognize the "family", under the pressure of want to compensate for their own dead horse, Tess can only be forced to put down self-esteem, which also directly led to her back by the aggression of Ray. So I think the origin of family is the source of the tragedy of Tess's life.