The injustice of existence between man and woman in Hardy’s "Tess of the d'Urbervilles." In the novel, the most critical thing out of many things, found throughout the novel, is injustice. And the victim of this unfairness is none other than Tess. She is punished for killing a prince, despite of the fact that she does not mean to kill him. Alec raped her but punishment was given to Tess, which is a clear manifestation of injustice and unfairness. Actually, the focus of Hardy is Victorian society, in which there is a marked difference between the social status of men and women. Women are not treated equal to men. Men were considered mighty and superior to women. Men express their maleness by exerting power over women and dominating them. They used to think themselves as Supreme Being destined to control women who are naturally weak and feeble. As a result, this attitude led to the exploitation of women. As it happened in the case of Tess. Alec taking advantage of his maleness abused Tess which shows how women were maltreated by men. As far as Tess and Angel are concerned, there is no parity in their relationship. Angel’s love is the love of domination and obsession. In Tess, he sees a picture of Tess’s country purity for the real life woman. It seems that he lives in the world of imagination and dreams. This is evident from the fact that he refuses to get to know her and does not try to explore her true self. Whenever, she tries to reveal her identity, he does not allow her. Angel suppresses her identity showing an absolute male dominated attitude. When Tess confesses to Angel all that happened to her in the past, Angel got changed. His image of Tess got shattered and whatever he was thinking about Tess earlier now needed to be re-evaluated. Tess is not that person he was looking for. She does not fit into the definition of an ideal country woman. “All material objects around announced their irresponsibility with terrible iter