<p> The Return of the Native is one of Hardy’s famous novels about character and environment, which shares a huge popularity since it was published in China. This paper aims to analyze the inevitability of Eustacia’s tragedy. It analyzes the deep reasons of the heroine’s tragedy from the ecocritical perspective. It reveals that people who violate the regulation of nature and society are bound to be punished. The aim of the paper is to tell people that each citizen should try to help establish a harmonious relationship with other human beings, nature and society</p>