In Hardy’s tragic works, there is always someone playing the role of the victim. Jude is perhaps the most tragic character in his writing career, while Tess’s fate has some color of romanticism. Jude’s story is all covered by a thorough darkness and depression. Readers can never be relaxed in reading it, but totally grabbed by the nervous and desperate struggle of the hero. What leads to Jude’s tragedy can be summarized in three aspects. First of all, living in the depressing and constraining society prohibits him from seeking for his intellectual advancement and spiritual pursuits. The relentless religious rule deprives him of any opportunity to realize his dream to study in Christminster and takes away his true love. Then, the unfair treatment of the educational system is to blame. Jude is born of humble origin so he is turned down at the gate of noble education. No matter how intelligent he is, he just cannot receive a grant to his application to his hope. No other classes of youth except the wealthy and aristocracy are granted to enter. Finally, his own flawed character makes him unable to face the pressures from the moralities and social conventions. He is poor and hence is refused to enter the gate of his “new Jerusalem”, but at the same time, he does not try to regain his cause of intellectual advancement through self-teaching but surrenders to the feminine temptations from Arabella and Sue. As I am concerned, his failure lies with his weaknesses to defend his right and love. What’s more, he recedes when the pervading moralities and criticism despite the mutual passionate feeling between him and Sue.