《德伯家的苔丝》塑造了性格变化莫测的安吉尔·克莱这一人物形象：拯救与毁灭——双面天使克莱；纯真与虚伪——心理矛盾的克莱；开明与迂腐——时代的产物克莱。这充分展示出克莱在与苔丝相遇、相知、相爱，并决定娶苔丝为妻，最后得知苔丝的失身经历后毅然抛弃苔丝的整个复杂的内心世界和表现出的双重人格特征。“,”obes into his personality from three aspects： rescue and destroy-two-sided Angel Clare; pure and false- Clare with contradictory psychology; enlighted and pedantic：-the outcome of times. By that the author brings to the light his whole mixed inner world and dual personality in course of meeting Tess, knowing her, falling in love with her, deciding to marry her and abandon her on knowing that she lost her virginity unfortunately before.