As the aesthetical essence of the tragic spirit in Western literature is a rethinking of the contradictions in human history,one of the aesthetical characteristics of the tragic spirit is therefore an acute inner confession.

Through a psycho-analytic study of Angel Clare s confession this paper reveals Angel s treacherous honesty, hypercritical sincerity, coward bravery and cold-heartedness and holds that Tess tragical marriage is on a large degree.

His poem Wang Lang Song is a reflection of his confession.

The confessions of Tolstoy not only have the major characters of confessional discourse of western autobiography,but also have his own traits.

In the Mid Ming Dynasty,the mentality of the school of "back to the ancients" including Li Mengyang,He Jingming,Kang Hai,Wang Tingxiang and Xu Zhenqing,changed from the confession of merchants in the ethical and moral level to the self-regret in the literary level.

) to the western world;nominated as "the National Conscience" and "the Cultural Bishop" for his attention to "the Political Trilogy" of the Russian fate;thus confessed for his conscience.

Subject of repentance in Shakespeare s dramas;

A Study of the Thoughts about Repentance in Chinese Buddhism;

Bearing the blame,the poet reflects his own feature through persons and figures of all forms with extremely ambiguous and obscure language so as to manifest his mind which fall into repentance and eager to extrication.