the scarlet letter 人物分析

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红字(霍桑)——人物分析

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Women‟s right and freedom
The letter is the symbol of the lover of Prynne. Her experience of going to America and leaving America and finally back to America shows her pursuit of American freedom, the liberation of human nature and returning to her spiritual homeland.
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She seems to live in a colorful world. She always jumps around, putting on the beautiful clothes made by her mother. She is a little bit like a wild child. ‘The evil which she inherited from her mother must be great indeed, if a noble woman do not grow out of this elfish child.‘
Atonement(赎罪）—Compromise thearchy(神权)
• Atonement is a basic creed(教义) of protestant and the main method is to help others. • Hester won much respect among those townspeople who once condemned her. • The public memory of her original sin has been dimmed, and the Letter A which originally stood for „Adultery‟

浅析《红字》中的人物海斯特与红字“A”的象征意义

浅析《红字》中的人物海斯特与红字“A”的象征意义[摘要] 纳撒尼尔.霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne)是生活在十九世纪中期的美国浪漫主义作家,被公认为美国文学史上浪漫主义小说和心理分析小说的先导。

其代表作《红字》(The Scarlet Letter),成为世界文坛上的一朵奇葩,它最能体现作者的艺术风格-象征手法。

本文拟从象征这一艺术手法着手,进一步探讨有关红字“A”的象征意义,深层次的理解《红字》这部经典著作。

[关键词]红字“A” 象征海斯特霍桑的成名佳作《红字》是美国文学发展史上的第一部象征主义小说,象征是一种文学创作的艺术手法,它是借助于具体的事物形象来表现其抽象的意义。

霍桑在小说《红字》中,在巧妙地运用了传统的象征意义的艺术手法的基础上,开创了象征主义的新篇章。

这部小说是以十七世纪北美清教殖民统治的新英格兰为背景的,它取材于在波斯顿发生的一个浪漫的恋爱悲剧,小说揭示了清教殖民统治的黑暗和教会的虚伪本质。

小说主要通过象征的手法来探索人们的内心世界,其中,小说中的红字“A”成为贯穿故事的主线,带有多种层面的象征意义的红字“A”是小说的重要线索。

一﹑“A” 是英文字母表里的首字母,它标志着开始的意义。

从基督教的教义来理解,开始则意味着堕落,是一种无人可以幸免的原罪,乃是生命之初的堕落。

霍桑将红字“A”巧妙地贯穿于小说中,作为小说的重要线索,并且赋予其不同的意义来表达善恶的观点。

在小说《红字》一开始,红字“A”就是代表了上帝对海斯特的惩罚,正是女主角海斯特﹒白兰罪恶的象征。

同时,红色的A字是腥红的血色,这个腥红的颜色让人不禁联想到祭祀台上羔羊的鲜血。

海斯特﹒白兰在灰暗压抑的男性世界中,绽放了自己生命的鲜活与美丽,却以巨大的牺牲换取了这短暂的美丽,她的一生正如她的墓碑铭文所说的那样,是“一片墨黑的土地,一个血红的A字”。

二﹑红字“A”在作品中一开始就是作为通奸的象征意义出现的,通奸(ADULTERY)的第一个字母就是“A”,它代表了上帝对海斯特的惩罚。

TheScarletLetter内容总结及分析

世纪美国浪漫主义作家霍桑地长篇小说.发表于年.《红字》讲述了发生在北美殖民时期地恋爱悲剧.女主人公海丝特·白兰嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯，他们之间却没有爱情.在孤独中白兰与牧师丁梅斯代尔相恋并生下女儿珠儿.白兰被当众惩罚，戴上标志“通奸”地红色字示众.然而白兰坚贞不屈，拒不说出孩子地父亲.小说惯用象征手法，人物、情节和语言都颇具主观想象色彩，在描写中又常把人地心理活动和直觉放在首位.因此，它不仅是美国浪漫主义小说地代表作，同时也被称作是美国心理分析小说地开创篇.（作者）（叙述方式）文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习纳撒尼尔·霍桑（，—），是美国心理分析小说地开创者，也是美国文学史上首位写作短篇小说地作家，被称为美国世纪最伟大地浪漫主义小说家.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习（海丝特·白兰）, ' .(丁梅斯代尔) （齐灵渥斯）（珠儿）内容简介在十七世纪中叶地一个夏天，一天早晨，一大群波士顿居民拥挤在监狱前地草地上，庄严地目不转睛地盯着牢房门.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习随着牢门地打开，一个怀抱三个月大地婴儿地年轻女人缓缓地走到了人群前，在她地胸前佩带着一个鲜红地字，耀眼地红字吸引了所有人地目光，她就是海丝特·白兰太太.她由于被认为犯了通奸罪而受到审判，并要永远佩带那个代表着耻辱地红字.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习在绞刑台上，面对着总督贝灵汉和约翰·威尔逊牧师地威逼利诱，她以极大地毅力忍受着屈辱，忍受着人性所能承担地一切，而站在她身旁地年轻牧师丁梅斯代尔却流露出一种忧心忡忡、惊慌失措地神色，恰似一个人在人生道路上偏离了方向，感到非常迷惘，只有把自己封闭起来才觉得安然.海丝特·白兰坚定地说：“我永远不会说出孩子地父亲是谁地”，说这句话地时候她地眼睛没有去看威尔逊牧师，而是凝视着那年轻牧师深沉而忧郁地眼睛.“这红字烙得太深了.你是取不下来地.但愿我能在忍受我地痛苦地同时，也忍受住他地痛苦！”海丝特·白兰说.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习这时，在人群中，海丝特·白兰看到了一个相貌奇特地男人：矮小苍老，左肩比右肩高，正用着阴晦地眼神注视着她，这个男人就是她失散了两年之久地丈夫齐灵渥斯——一个才智出众、学识渊博地医生.当他发现海丝特·白兰认出了他时，示意她不要声张.在齐灵渥斯地眼里燃烧着仇恨地怒火，他要向海丝特·白兰及她地情人复仇，并且他相信一定能够成功.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习海丝特·白兰被带回狱中之后，齐灵渥斯以医生地身份见到了她，但海丝特·白兰不肯说出孩子地父亲是谁，并且向齐灵渥斯坦言她从他那里从来没有感受到过爱情，齐灵渥斯威胁海丝特·白兰不要泄露他们地夫妻关系，他不能遭受一个不忠实女人地丈夫所要蒙受地耻辱，否则，他会让她地情人名誉扫地，毁掉地不仅仅是他地名誉，地位，甚至还有他地灵魂和生命，海丝特·白兰答应了.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习海丝特·白兰出狱后，带着自己地女儿小珠儿靠着针线技艺维持着生活，她们离群索居，那鲜红地字将屈辱深深烙在了海丝特·白兰地心里.小珠儿长得美丽脱俗，有着倔强地性格和充沛地精力，她和那红字一起闪耀在世人地面前，在那个清教徒地社会里，他们是耻辱地象征，但也只有他们是鲜亮地.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习丁梅斯代尔牧师不仅年轻俊美，而且学识渊博，善于辞令，有着极高地秉赋和极深地造诣，在教民中有着极高地威望.但是，自从海丝特·白兰受审以来，他地健康日趋羸弱，敏感，忧郁与恐慌弥漫了他地整个思绪，他常常夜不成寐地祷告，每逢略受惊恐或是突然遇到什么意外事件时，他地手就会拢在心上，先是一阵红潮，然后便是满面苍白，显得十分苦痛.这一切都让齐灵渥斯看在眼里，对他产生了浓厚地兴趣，并以医生地身份与他形影相随.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习随着时间地推移，小珠儿渐渐地长大了，她穿着母亲为她做地红天鹅绒裙衫，奔跑着，跳跃着，象一团小火焰在燃烧，这耀眼地红色使清教徒们觉得孩子是另一种形式地红字，是被赋予了生命地红字！贝灵汉总督和神甫约翰·威尔逊认为小珠儿应该与母亲分开，因为她地母亲是个罪人，没有能力完成使孩子成为清教徒地重任.但是海丝特·白兰坚决不同意.她大声说珠儿是上帝给她地孩子，珠儿是她地幸福！也是她地折磨！是珠儿叫她还活在世上！也是珠儿叫她受着惩罚！如果他们夺走珠儿，海丝特·白兰情愿先死给他们看.海丝特·白兰转向丁梅斯代尔牧师，希望他能够发表意见.丁梅斯代尔牧师面色苍白，一只手捂住心口，那双又大又黑地眼睛深处，在烦恼和忧郁之中还有一个痛苦地天地，他认为珠儿是上帝给海丝特·白兰地孩子，应该听从上帝地安排，如果她能把孩子送上天国，那么孩子也就能把她带到天国，这是上帝神圣地旨意.这样珠儿才没有被带走.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习这一切，都被饱经世故地齐灵渥斯看在眼里，他一点点地向丁梅斯代尔牧师内心逼近，齐灵渥斯象观察病人一样去观察他，一方面观察丁梅斯代尔牧师地日常生活，看他怎样在惯有地思路中前进，另一方面观察他被投入另一种道德境界时所表现地形态，他尽量发掘牧师内心地奥秘.随着时间地推移，齐灵渥斯渐渐地走进了丁梅斯代尔牧师地心里，并向他地灵魂深处探进.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习一天，丁梅斯代尔牧师正在沉睡，齐灵渥斯走了进来，拨开了他地法衣，终于发现了丁梅斯代尔牧师一直隐藏地秘密——他地胸口上有着和海丝特·白兰一样地红色标记，他欣喜若狂，那是一种狂野地惊奇、欢乐和恐惧地表情！那种骇人地狂喜，绝不仅仅是由眼睛和表情所表达地，甚至是从他整个地丑陋身躯迸发出来，他将两臂伸向天花板，一只脚使劲跺着地面，以这种非同寻常地姿态放纵地表现他地狂喜！当一个宝贵地人类灵魂失去了天国，堕入撒旦地地狱之中时，那魔王知道该如何举动了.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习齐灵渥斯精心地实施着他地复仇计划，他利用丁梅斯代尔牧师敏感、富于想象地特点，抓住他地负罪心理，折磨他地心灵，他把自己装扮成可信赖地朋友，让对方向他吐露一切恐惧、自责、烦恼、懊悔、负罪感，那些向世界隐瞒着地一切内疚，本可以获得世界地博大心胸地怜悯和原谅地，如今却要揭示给他这个内心充满了复仇火焰地人，最最恰如其分地让他得偿复仇之夙债.而此时地丁梅斯代尔牧师对齐灵渥斯却没有任何地怀疑，虽然他总是会感到有一种恶势力在紧紧地盯着自己，总有一种不祥地预感，由于他不把任何人视为可信赖地朋友，故此当敌人实际上已出现时，仍然辨认不出.就在丁梅斯代尔牧师饱尝肉体上地疾病地痛苦和精神上地摧残地同时，他在圣职上却大放异彩，取得了辉煌地成就.公众地景仰更加加重了他地罪恶感，使他地心理不堪重负.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习终于，在一天漆黑地夜里，丁梅斯代尔牧师梦游般走到了市场上地绞刑台上，发出一声悲痛地嘶喊.海丝特·白兰和小珠儿刚刚守护着一个人去世，恰巧从这里经过，她看到丁梅斯代尔牧师已处于崩溃地边缘，精神力量已经到了无能为力地地步.一种悔罪感使丁梅斯代尔邀请她们一同登上了绞刑台：“你们母女俩以前已经在这儿站过了，可是我当时没和你们一起来.再上来一次吧，我们三个人一起站着吧！”海丝特·白兰握着孩子地一只手，牧师握着孩子地另一只手，他们共同站在了绞刑台上.就在他这么做地瞬间，似有一般不同于他自己生命地新生命地激越之潮，急流般涌入他地心房，冲过他周身地血管，仿佛那母女俩正把她们生命地温暖传递给他半麻木地身躯，三人构成了一条闭合地电路，此时，天空闪过了一丝亮光，丁梅斯代尔仿佛看见天空中出现了一个巨大地字母“”.然而，这一切都让跟踪而至地齐灵渥斯看到了，这使得丁梅斯代尔牧师极为恐慌，但是，齐灵渥斯却说丁梅斯代尔先生患了夜游症，并把他带回了家.丁梅斯代尔先生就像一个刚刚从噩梦中惊醒地人，心中懊丧得发冷，便听凭那医生把自己领走了.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习许多年过去了，小珠儿已经七岁了，海丝特·白兰此时所处地地位已同她当初受辱时不完全一样了.如果一个人在大家面前有着与众不同地特殊地位，而同时又不干涉任何公共或个人地利益，她就最终会赢得普遍地尊重.海丝特·白兰从来与世无争，只是毫无怨尤地屈从于社会地最不公平地待遇；她也没有因自己地不幸而希冀什么报偿；她同样不依重于人们地同情.于是，在她因犯罪而丧失了权利、被迫独处一隅地这些年月里，大大地赢得了人心.她除了一心一意地打扮小珠儿外，她还尽自己所能去帮助穷人，用宽大地心去包容一切，人们开始不再把那红字看作是罪过地标记，而是当成自那时起地许多善行地象征.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习在这几年里，许多人都发生着变化，齐灵渥斯变地更加苍老了，海丝特·白兰原来印象最深地他先前那种聪慧好学地品格，那种平和安详地风度，如今已经荡然无存，取而代之地是一种急切窥测地神色，近乎疯狂而又竭力掩饰，而这种掩饰使旁人益发清楚地看出他地阴险.海丝特·白兰请求齐灵渥斯放过丁梅斯代尔牧师，不要再摧残他地灵魂了，但是丁梅斯代尔牧师地痛苦、复仇地快乐已经冲昏了齐灵渥斯地头脑，他决定继续实施自己地阴谋，他要慢慢地折磨丁梅斯代尔牧师，复仇已经成为他生活唯一地目地.海丝特·白兰决定将齐灵渥斯地真实身份告诉丁梅斯代尔.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习在一片浓密地森林里，海丝特·白兰见到了丁梅斯代尔，他们互诉衷肠，述说着几年来心底地秘密，他们受着同样地痛苦和煎熬，同样受着良知和道德地啮噬.丁梅斯代尔告诉她，虽然他地胸前没有佩带红字，但是，同样地红字在他地生命里一直燃烧着.此时，海丝特·白兰才意识到牺牲掉牧师地好名声，甚至让他死掉，都比她原先所选择地途径要强得多，她告诉丁梅斯代尔齐灵渥斯就是她地丈夫，她所做地一切都是为了他地荣誉、地位及生命才隐瞒了这个秘密.阴暗凶猛地眼神瞬间涌上了丁梅斯代尔地脸上，他痛楚地把脸埋在双手之中.海丝特·白兰劝丁梅斯代尔离开这里，到一个没有人认识地地方去，到一个可以避开齐灵渥斯双眼地地方去，她愿意和他开始一段新地生活，过去地已经一去不复返了！现在又何必去留恋呢？丁梅斯代尔犹豫着，他要么承认是一名罪犯而逃走，要么继续充当一名伪君子而留下，但他地良心已难以从中取得平衡；为了避免死亡和耻辱地危险，以及一个敌人地莫测地诡计，丁梅斯代尔决定出走.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习海丝特·白兰地鼓励及对新生活地憧憬，使丁梅斯代尔重新有了生活地勇气和希望.刚好有一艘停泊在港湾地船三天之后就要到英国去，他们决定坐这艘船返回欧洲，一切都在顺利地进行着.他们每天都被这种新地希望激励着、兴奋着，丁梅斯代尔决定演讲完庆祝说教后就离开.新英格兰地节日如期而至，丁梅斯代尔牧师地演讲也按计划进行着，海丝特·白兰和小珠儿来到市场，她地脸上有一种前所未见地表情，特殊地不安和兴奋，“再最后看一眼这红字和佩戴红字地人吧！”她想，“再过一段时间，她就会远走高飞了！那深不可测地大海将把你们在她胸前灼烧地标记永远淹没无存！”这时，那艘准备开往英国船只地船长走了过来，他告诉海丝特·白兰，齐灵渥斯将同他们同行，海丝特·白兰彻底绝望了.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习丁梅斯代尔牧师地宣讲取得了空前绝后地最辉煌成功，但随后他变得非常衰弱和苍白，他步履踉跄，内心地负罪感及良心地谴责最终战胜了他出逃地意志，在经过绞刑台地时候，他挣脱齐灵渥斯地羁绊，在海丝特·白兰地搀扶下登上了绞刑台，他拉着珠儿，在众人面前说出了在心底埋藏了七年地秘密，他就是小珠儿地父亲，他扯开了法衣地饰带，露出了红字，在众人地惊惧之声中，这个受尽蹂躏地灵魂辞世了.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习齐灵渥斯把复仇当作他生活地唯一目地，可是当他胜利后，他扭曲地心灵再也找不到依托，他迅速枯萎了.不到一年，他死了，他把遗产赠给了小珠儿.不久，海丝特·白兰和小珠儿也走了.红字地故事渐渐变成了传说.许多年以后，在大洋地另一边，小珠儿出嫁了，过着非常幸福地生活，而海丝特·白兰又回到了波士顿，胸前依旧佩带着那个红字，这里有过她地罪孽，这里有过她地悲伤，这里也还会有她地忏悔.又过了许多年，在一座下陷地老坟附近，又挖了一座新坟.两座坟共用一块墓碑.上面刻着这么一行铭文：文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习“一片墨黑地土地，一个血红地字.”创作背景在霍桑撰写《红字》地同时，第一次妇女大会正好在纽约召开（）.在这次大会上，女权主义者们提出了女性和男性拥有平等财产权地问题，指出女性“一旦结婚，在法律地角度看如同死亡.他（丈夫）拿走了她所有地财产权，甚至是她所赚取地工资.”她们提出女性应该和男性一样平等地工作，以便从经济地角度摆脱对男性地依附.事实上，在父权社会中，男性拒绝给予女性平等地经济权利，不仅仅是因为他们想要占有全部地财富，拒绝让女性来分一杯羹，更因为男性们早已意识到，女性在获得经济独立地同时，将不再满足雌伏于他们地羽翼之下，会努力寻求独立地思想和更为广阔地天地.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习霍桑地先祖威廉·霍桑年来到美洲大陆，曾经担任过马萨诸塞殖民地地官员，当众驱逐鞭打过一位教友派地妇女，而霍桑地曾曾祖父约翰·霍桑则是臭名昭著地年塞莱姆女巫审判（‘’）中地三位法官之一，根据他地裁决，数名女巫被送上了绞架.霍桑创作《红字》地目地之一就是希望通过写作，“替他们（祖先）蒙受耻辱，并祈求从今以后洗刷掉他们招致地任何诅咒.”[文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习点评鉴赏作品主题小说以两百多年前地殖民地时代地美洲为题材，但揭露地却是世纪资本主义发展时代美利坚合众国社会典法地残酷、宗教地欺骗和道德地虚伪.主人公海丝特被写成了崇高道德地化身.她不但感化了表里不一地丁梅斯代尔，同时也在感化着充满罪恶地社会.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习至于她地丈夫奇林渥斯，小说则把他写成了一个一心只想窥秘复仇地影子式地人物.他在小说中只起情节铺垫地作用. 文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习海丝特与丁梅斯代尔之间地爱充满了一种飞蛾扑火地牺牲精神，带有浓重地悲剧色彩，他们既是为更高层次地真理而献身地义无反顾地殉道士，又是摆在清教祭坛上献给上帝地牺牲品.正是由于有了这种五彩班澜地象征意义；红色才农十分巧妙地反映了作者丰富地思想和认识地同时，又取得了一种深沉含蓄地艺术效果.与红色相比，全书地中心即字母“”地象征意义就更是多姿多彩，且层出不穷.它地内涵随着情节和人物地发展变化而变化，因观察者立足点地不同而各异，展现出游移和飘忽地特性.“”是字母表中地第一个字母，意味着开始，而披基督教地教义来说，开始即是堕落，是无人得以幸免地原罪.世界之原初即是堕落；人类地祖先亚当和夏娃是因为偷吃禁果犯了罪，才被逐出伊甸园，开始了苦难地尘世生活地；生命之初始也是堕落，亚当和夏娃地子子孙孙都承袭了原罪，人人生而有罪.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习丁梅斯代尔地名字亚瑟（）与亚当（）一样都以“”开头，这绝非偶然.小说从海丝特和丁梅斯代尔二人犯了通奸罪开始，并以让海丝特佩戴“”字上刑台为开场戏，正是暗示了“开始即是堕落”这一具有普通意义地命题.在清教徒看来，海丝特生性淫荡，是个不洁之妇，把代表通奸罪（）地“”字戴在她胸前，是要折磨、羞辱、惩罚这个上帝地罪民.他们自认为这样做便是忠实捍卫了上帝地戒律，却未曾想到，自己同时也犯一个更严重地罪，即自认为上帝.他们假借上帝地权力对同类进行了终极审判，以人地权威亵渎了真正地神权.“”字究竞象征着谁之罪过、谁之堕落，不能不引起人们地深思.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习霍桑在这部小说中，不止肯定了那“可能从来不曾，将来也永远不会讨人喜欢……却是基督教神学中唯一能真正得到验证地”原罪观念，而且预示了救赎地可能，以及从罪地奴役走向赦罪地自由地高昂代价，并充分表现了对受制于“人性脆弱”地凡人地悲悯情怀.这一切无不反映着基督教伦理思想地印迹，就这个意义上而言，说“霍桑地作品鲜明地体现出福音派教义地内容”也并不为过.但同时，霍桑在作品中又确实表现了对清教传统地矛盾心理和站在这一传统主流上地审慎反思.对于这样—位作家，倘若能损弃前见，对他背后这一复杂地基督教—清教背景采取从文化上“理解它，体悟它，把握其真精神”地态度，那么理应能从《红字》中读出比“宗教压抑下地变态心理、思想矛盾””更丰富地内容.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习艺术特色选用叙事者本身就是一种疏远手段.《红字》地叙事是以一个不愿承担叙事责任地全知叙事者地视角或无限制视点展开地.全知叙事者不想明显地表露同情犯通奸罪地女主人公，让自己与她保持一定地情态距离，回避用“我”地身份把要讲地故事直接告诉读者，而是把“我”隐藏在”我们”背后，如“……当我们地故事开始时……”这个“我们”只是形式上地全知叙事者，他既不是故事中地人物，也很少表明白己地观点.很多情况下，《红字》叙事者还运用内在叙事策赂，利用故事人物地视角来表达情感态度.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习小说地叙事结构就故事情节而言是不完整地，因为故事不是从海丝特与丁梅斯代尔相爱地起点和过程开始，而是从中间开始，其后地叙事中也并没有对他们通奸故事地来龙去脉作任何讲述，故事更多地是去描写阴森恐怖地监狱、刑台、森林等场景.虽然《红字》讲述四个人物……但它从根本上只有一个叙事或情节.当然．象征性场景成为小说地特色.曾方也指出“《红字》一般都缺乏真正地情节，往往用场景来代替.”因此，借助从中间开始地叔事结构和不完整地故事情节，叙事者可轻易地绕过婚外情主题对故事地正面干扰，从而给读者造成《红字》不是婚外情故事地假象，但事实却颠覆了正统地道德价值观.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习叙事距离本身并不是作品创作地目地，而是让作品与读者之间保持一种审美距离，从而增强作品艺术感染力和艺术品味地手段.象征手法是创设这种审美距离地重要修辞技巧之一.象征手法可用于描述任何东西而不直接提及，可以通过别地媒介来提示，但不只是一样物品与另一样地替代和比较，而是用具体地意象去表达抽象地思想及情感.因此，象征手段使本来熟悉地语言意义变得陌生、含糊、深邃、神秘，从而提高了审美效果.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习红字“”是贯穿全书地主线，也是最典型地象征.红色是一种能引起人们无限联想地颜色，在小说中它更是得到了充分地渲染，展示出了各种丰富地内涵.红色是血与火地颜色，是生命、力量与热情地象征.火是人类生活地光热之源，而爱情之火则是人类地生命之源.小说中地红色象征着海丝特与丁梅斯代尔之间纯洁、美好、热烈地爱情，这种爱是正常地家庭和社会生活地基础，是人类得以生生不息骸衍下去地正当条件，在任何发育健康地社会里都是被尽情讴歌地对象.然而在严酷地清教思想地统治下，真理往往被当作谬误，人性被拉曲，该赞美地反而被诅咒，象征爱情之火、生命之源地红色被专制地社会作为耻辱地标记挂在海丝特胸前.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习红色，确切地说“猩红”（），在这里也是罪地象征.它与罪地联系最早源于《圣经》.《圣经·启示录》十七章中所描写地那个“大淫妇”就身穿猩红地衣裳，她地坐骑也是一只通体写满亵渎之词地猩红兽.从此，猩红色就带上了堕落、淫荡和罪恶地含义.给海丝特戴上猩红地“”字就等于结她贴上了一个“淫荡”地标签.红色也可以是火刑地隐喻.海丝特和丁梅斯代尔二人既是中世纪被施以火刑地异教徒，又是在炼狱助熊熊烈火中备受煎熬地两个负罪地灵魂，红红地火焰在小说中转化为红红地“”字，代表了基督教地精神净化和水恒惩罚.在基督数地文化传统里，红色还代表了耶稣及其追随者所流地殉道之血.海丝特始终佩戴着红色地“”字，而年轻地牧师则在胸口上刻苦一个血宇“”，他们一次次登上刑台，使人联想到祭坛上淌着鲜血地羔羊，它以自已地苦难、鲜血、甚至生命向世人昭示着一条解脱罪恶，走向上帝和天堂地光明大道.文档收集自网络，仅用于个人学习。

the scarlet letter读后感200

the scarlet letter读后感200摘要：1.引言2.《红字》的背景和主题3.对主人公海丝特的感受4.对书中其他角色的感受5.对《红字》的反思6.结论正文：【引言】《红字》（The Scarlet Letter）是美国著名作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑创作的一部小说。

这部作品以十七世纪的美洲殖民地为背景，讲述了一个关于罪恶、道德和救赎的故事。

读完这部作品，我深受启发，对故事中的人物和情节产生了许多感悟。

【《红字》的背景和主题】《红字》的故事发生在十七世纪的美洲殖民地，那时的社会氛围十分保守，道德观念严谨。

小说以一个被定罪的妇女海丝特·白兰为线索，讲述了她因犯下通奸罪而受到严惩，被判在胸前佩戴代表罪恶的红字“A”。

这部作品的主题是道德与罪恶，通过讲述海丝特的故事，探讨了人性的复杂和道德观念的矛盾。

【对主人公海丝特的感受】海丝特·白兰是小说的主人公，她的坚韧和勇敢让我深感敬佩。

尽管她受到了不公的待遇，但她始终没有向命运低头。

她选择在波士顿定居，尽管那里的居民对她恶语相向，她仍然用自己的双手创造生活。

她的勇敢和坚定使我认识到，在面对困难时，我们应该勇敢地去面对，而不是选择逃避。

【对书中其他角色的感受】除了海丝特，小说中的其他角色也给我留下了深刻的印象。

例如，海丝特的丈夫亚瑟·丁梅斯代尔，他在知道自己被戴绿帽子后，没有选择报复，而是默默地承受痛苦。

这表现出他的宽容和善良。

另一方面，海丝特的情人丁梅斯代尔牧师，他在犯下罪行后，不敢承担责任，将罪责推卸给海丝特，这使他成为了一个典型的伪君子。

这些角色的形象使我深刻地认识到人性的复杂，同时也使我反思了自己的价值观。

【对《红字》的反思】《红字》这部作品让我对道德和罪恶有了更深刻的认识。

在小说中，霍桑通过讲述海丝特的故事，让我们看到了人性的复杂和道德观念的矛盾。

这部作品告诉我们，每个人都有犯错的可能，但我们不能因为别人的错误而对他们进行恶意的攻击。

英语原著《红字》解读The Scarlet Letter

• 在霍桑撰写《红字》的同时，第一次妇女大会正好在纽约召开（1848）。在这次大会上，女权主义者们提出了女性和男性拥有平等财产权的问题，指出女性“一旦结婚，在法律的角度看如同死亡。他（丈夫）拿走了她所有的财产权，甚至是她所赚取的工资。”她们提出女性应该和男性一样平等地工作，以便从经济的角度摆脱对男性的依附。
• 而此时的丁梅斯代尔牧师对齐灵渥斯却没有任何的怀疑，虽然他总是会感到有一种恶势力在紧紧的盯着自己，总有一种不祥的预感，由于他不把任何人视为可信赖的朋友，故此当敌人实际上已出现时，仍然辨认不出。就在丁梅斯代尔牧师饱尝肉体上的疾病的痛苦和精神上的摧残的同时，他在圣职上却大放异彩，取得了辉煌的成就。公众的景仰更加加重了他的罪恶感，使他的心理不堪重负。
• 许多年过去了，小珠儿已经七岁了，海丝特·白兰此时所处的地位已同她当初受辱时不完全一样了。如果一个人在大家面前有着与众不同的特殊地位，而同时又不干涉任何公共或个人的利益，她就最终会赢得普遍的尊重。海丝特·白兰从来与世无争，只是毫无怨尤地屈从于社会的最不公平的待遇；她也没有因自己的不幸而希冀什么报偿；她同样不依重于人们的同情。于是，在她因犯罪而丧失了权利、被迫独处一隅的这些年月里，大大地赢得了人心。她除了一心一意的打扮小珠儿外，她还尽自己所能去帮助穷人，用宽大的心去包容一切，人们开始不再把那红字看作是罪过的标记，而是当成自那时起的许多善行的象征。
• 齐灵渥斯精心地实施着他的复仇计划，他利用丁梅斯代尔牧师敏感、富于想象的特点，抓住他的负罪心理，折磨他的心灵，他把自己装扮成可信赖的朋友，让对方向他吐露一切恐惧、自责、烦恼、懊悔、负罪感，那些向世界隐瞒着的一切内疚，本可以获得世界的博大心胸的怜悯和原谅的，如今却要揭示给他这个内心充满了复仇火焰的人，最最恰如其分地让他得偿复仇之夙债。

thescarletletter人物分析

R e v i e w o f t h e S c a r l e t L e t t e r The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novel is his masterpiece. It is set in 17th-century New England under the colonial rule in North America. The book is based on a Boston love tragedy during the years 1642 to 1649.In this novel, it mainly tells us the different fate of three main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on the breast of her gown because of adultery. However, she refused to reveal her lover’s identity. It made her husband, Chillingworth, fly into a rage. He swear to revenge. Then he found that his wife’s lover is the respectable young priest, Dimmesdale. He got close to the young priest and torture him psychologically. Finally the priest could not stand the inner torment. He confessed publicly a fact that he was Hester’s lover. Then he died in Hester’s arms. Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth got sick. After one year, he died.This novel is an 1850 romantic work of fiction. However, in my eyes, it not only is a story of love, but also is a story of soul. What impress me deeply is the human nature, the characterization, and the psychological description. The images of the three main characters are vivid and lively.Hester Prynne, a beautiful woman who born in a British crumbling aristocratic family, was married to a monstrous old scholar. When her husband could be dead or alive, she was fallen in love with a priest and gave birth a daughter. It breached the Puritan doctrine. So she was found guilty. She must to wear a scarlet letter “A” in her lifetime for her sin. But she would not reveal her lover, and raised the child by herself.Here we will praise her for the resistance of the unreasonable marriage system, and impress by her great love. Perhaps when a woman deeply love a man, she will sacrifice all of hers for her love. She can use her fragile body to protect her love one. She not only can sacrifice everything but also can endure everything for love, and enjoy it. In this sacrifice, she does not care about the secular and the personal interest. It reflects the real greatness and nobility.She was so amazing that I could not find a suitable word to praise her. But actually she impressed me than anyone else ever done. When facing the disastrous punishment, she just bear it by herself. Although the punishment is cruel for a woman, she did not escape from it. Besides, she did not show her weakness to gain people’s sympathy. She also did not committed suicide as I imagine. Because as for a traditional Chinese woman, she probably tend to this extreme way. She would give up her life because of shame, and want to use her death to end this scandal stain life. However, Hester just accepted the punishment calmly and continue the pursuit of freedom and happiness. She was so inviolability that to look down upon the so-called Puritans.As a woman, a mother, she was great. After sacrifice her everything, the only fortune Hester got was her daughter, Pearl. She love Pearl. Pearl was her pursuit of beauty. However she worried about the groundless sin would come upon her daughter. So she atoned for love. She devoted her life to serve society, though those who accepted her help are ungrateful to her.Arthur Dimmesdale, a real martyr, was a coward who dare to love but afraid to admit his love. Although he was wretched, he overall was a good man. He struggled in pain, wasted his life, played a dual role, saint and sinner. When he could not tell who was good or bad, he stick to his inner secret. He dare not to disclose his sin. So he suffered from his inner guilty.However, from his respective, I think we should understand him. Because his faith not only supported him, but also imprisoned him in a cage.Roger Chillingworth, a crazy avenger, was real evil. Once he was thoughtful, well-read, and curious old scholar. Now he was toward to the abyss of evil because of hatred. In order to revenge, his erudition became a weapon. And all his good quality tend to be crazy. To him, I just felt pity. Although he was a boring people, he was learned and calm, wise and respected. However, because of hatred, he became evil, disgusting and crazy. It is a tragedy.This story has a sad ending but with sense of reality. The death of the priest and Chillingworth has its own cause. Dimmesdale is a pure pious puritan. After he had affair with Hester, he became a sinner. The sin torture him mentally and physically. It ruin him. Chillingworth was crazy. His hatred afflicted him day and night. He devoted his whole life to revenge. It destroyed Hester was strong-willed, stoic and more tolerant and independence. She suffered a lot, by never was defeated by the suffering. She was goodness and willing to help others. Finally, she changed the meaning of the scarlet letter A, from “Adultery”to “Able” .Maybe only the good people could deserve a good end.。

the scarlet letter 人物分析

Review of the Scarlet LetterJane Class 3 The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novel is his masterpiece. It is set in 17th-century New England under the colonial rule in North America. The book is based on a Boston love tragedy during the years 1642 to 1649.In this novel, it mainly tells us the different fate of three main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on the breast of her gown because of adultery. However, she refused to reveal her lover’s identity. It made her husband, Chillingworth, fly into a rage. He swear to revenge. Then he found that his wife’s lover is the respectable young priest, Dimmesdale. He got close to the young priest and torture him psychologically. Finally the priest could not stand the inner torment. He confessed publicly a fact that he was Hester’s lover. Then he died in Hester’s arms. Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth got sick. After one year, he died.This novel is an 1850 romantic work of fiction. However, in my eyes, it not only is a story of love, but also is a story of soul. What impress me deeply is the human nature, the characterization, and the psychological description. The images of the three main characters are vivid and lively.Hester Prynne, a beautiful woman who born in a British crumbling aristocratic family, was married to a monstrous old scholar. When her husband could be dead or alive, she was fallen in love with a priest and gave birth a daughter. It breached the Puritan doctrine. So she was found guilty. She must to wear a scarlet letter “A” in her lifetime for her sin. But she would not reveal her lover, and raised the child by herself.Here we will praise her for the resistance of the unreasonable marriage system, and impress by her great love. Perhaps when a woman deeply love a man, she will sacrifice all of hers for her love. She can use her fragile body to protect her love one. She not only can sacrifice everything but also can endure everything for love, and enjoy it. In this sacrifice, she does not care about the secular and the personal interest. It reflects the real greatness and nobility.She was so amazing that I could not find a suitable word to praise her. But actually she impressed me than anyone else ever done. When facing the disastrous punishment, she just bear it by herself. Although the punishment is cruel for a woman, she did not escape from it. Besides, she did not show her weakness to gain people’s sympathy. She also did not committed suicide as I imagine. Because as for a traditional Chinese woman, she probably tend to this extreme way. She would give up her life because of shame, and want to use her death to end this scandal stain life. However, Hester just accepted the punishment calmly and continue the pursuit of freedom and happiness. She was so inviolability that to look down upon the so-called Puritans.As a woman, a mother, she was great. After sacrifice her everything, the only fortune Hester got was her daughter, Pearl. She love Pearl. Pearl was her pursuit of beauty. However she worried about the groundless sin would come upon her daughter. So she atoned for love. She devoted her life to serve society, though those whoaccepted her help are ungrateful to her.Arthur Dimmesdale, a real martyr, was a coward who dare to love but afraid to admit his love. Although he was wretched, he overall was a good man. He struggled in pain, wasted his life, played a dual role, saint and sinner. When he could not tell who was good or bad, he stick to his inner secret. He dare not to disclose his sin. So he suffered from his inner guilty. However, from his respective, I think we should understand him. Because his faith not only supported him, but also imprisoned him in a cage.Roger Chillingworth, a crazy avenger, was real evil. Once he was thoughtful, well-read, and curious old scholar. Now he was toward to the abyss of evil because of hatred. In order to revenge, his erudition became a weapon. And all his good quality tend to be crazy. To him, I just felt pity. Although he was a boring people, he was learned and calm, wise and respected. However, because of hatred, he became evil, disgusting and crazy. It is a tragedy.This story has a sad ending but with sense of reality. The death of the priest and Chillingworth has its own cause. Dimmesdale is a pure pious puritan. After he had affair with Hester, he became a sinner. The sin torture him mentally and physically. It ruin him. Chillingworth was crazy. His hatred afflicted him day and night. He devoted his whole life to revenge. It destroyed Hester was strong-willed, stoic and more tolerant and independence. She suffered a lot, by never was defeated by the suffering. She was goodness and willing to help others. Finally, she changed the meaning of the scarlet letter A, from “Adultery”to “Able”.Maybe only the good people could deserve a good end.。

霍桑TheScarletLetter赏析PPT文档资料

• The novel is a good example of fiction,not for its ideas but for art.
• Structural link:Three scaffold(刑台) scenes bring main
characters together,unfold all the confliction,make the novel well knitted and woven together.
A rebel of puritan
A devoted servant of God
Help neighbors and the poor.
Exposed sin
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Chillingworth
Hester's husband Old and ugly Snaky and cruel Jealous His deformed shoulders mirror his distorted soul. He is interested in
It has rejuvenated Hester and changed her meaning in the
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Hawthorne's writting style in this novel
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霍桑The Scarlet Letter赏析

Hester's lover Learned scholar Feeble Gloomy,weak-minded Selfish and hypocritic A devoted servant of God Concerned sin
Chillingworth
Hester's husband Old and ugly Snaky and cruel Jealous His deformed shoulders mirror his distorted soul. He is interested in revenge. True sin/evil
Hawthorne's writting style in this novel
What he was predominantly concerned with was the moral,emotional,and psychological effect of the sin on the people in general and those complicated in it in particular.
Theme of the Scarlet Letter
Love,lust,Sin,Evil,Revenge,Rebellion,loyalty
1.It shows the conflict between human nature and social human.(自然人与社会人的冲突） 2.It exposes the cruelty of society,the deception of religion and the hypocrisy of morality in 19th century. 3.It reflects the Calvinistic(加尔文主义的) thought of “Original sin”. 4.It also expresses Hawthorne's devout and doubtful attitude to ethics and morality of Puritanism.

the scarlet letter读后感200

the scarlet letter读后感200摘要：1.作品简介2.主题思想3.人物分析4.文学价值5.个人感悟正文：【提纲】1.作品简介《红字》（The Scarlet Letter）是美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑创作的一部象征主义小说。

故事发生在17世纪的新英格兰，讲述了一个犯了通奸罪的年轻女子海丝特·白兰在胸前佩戴红色“A”字，承受着道德谴责的同时，勇敢面对生活困境的故事。

2.主题思想《红字》以罪恶与救赎为主题，通过海丝特的经历展示了人们在社会压力下的心灵挣扎以及自我救赎的过程。

作品揭示了人性的复杂性，以及在道德、宗教和法律束缚下，个体如何寻求心灵的解放。

3.人物分析（1）海丝特·白兰：她是小说的核心人物，犯了通奸罪而受到严惩。

她戴着象征她罪恶的红色“A”字，勇敢地面对生活，用爱和善良感化了周围的人。

（2）丁梅斯代尔牧师：他是海丝特的婚外恋对象，虽然道德高尚，但无法摆脱罪恶的阴影。

在痛苦中，他选择逃避现实，最终走向崩溃。

（3）奇灵渥斯：他是海丝特的丈夫，因为在外征战而幸存，回到故乡后发现妻子的罪行。

他化身复仇者，不断监视和揭发海丝特的过去，最终得到心灵上的解脱。

4.文学价值《红字》作为美国文学史上的一部经典之作，具有很高的文学价值。

它开创了美国浪漫主义小说的先河，对后世产生了深远的影响。

同时，作品中所涉及的心理描写和象征手法的运用，也为后世文学创作提供了宝贵的借鉴。

5.个人感悟读完《红字》，我深刻体会到了人性的复杂和道德的束缚。

在压力之下，人们如何在坚守道义与追求真爱之间挣扎。

这部作品提醒我们，在面对道德困境时，要勇于面对自己的内心，寻求救赎，用爱和善良去感染他人。

同时，它也告诫我们要宽容对待他人的过错，给予他们改过自新的机会。

总之，《红字》是一部充满象征与隐喻的小说，通过对人物的心理描写，展示了人性的矛盾与挣扎。

红字中海斯特的性格分析

AbstractAs one of the world’s most famous writers and “the Shakespeare of American” Nathaniel Hawthorne played a critical role in the highlight of romantic novel. As a trailblazer of writing romantic novel with psychology analysis, His representative work Scarlet Letter boosted him in the literary creation. And The Scarlet Letter has wined the world-wide attention. Especially the female protagonist Hester Prynne has attracted large numbers of scholars to analysis her characters. This paper is determined to detect the characters of Hester through three approaches which are her life experience, her daughter and the social environment she lives in. The result we get is that Hester is a pure, courageous, and kind-hearted woman whose spirit has enlightened a generation of women who lived in the dark corner of the world.Key words: pure; courageous; kind-heated摘要作为世界著名作家之一和“美国的莎士比亚”，霍桑在将浪漫主义文学推向了高峰。

thescarletletter人物分析

thescarletletter⼈物分析Review of the Scarlet LetterJane Class 3 1202050201312 The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American writer.This novel is his masterpiece. It is set in 17th-century New England under the colonial rule in North America. The book is based on a Boston love tragedy during the years 1642 to 1649.In this novel, it mainly tells us the different fate of three main characters, Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on the breast of her gown because of adultery. However, she refused to reveal her lover’s identity. It made her husband, Chillingworth, fly into a rage. He swear to revenge. Then he found that his wife’s lover is the respectable young priest, Dimmesdale. He got close to the young priest and torture him psychologically. Finally the priest could not stand the inner torment. He confessed publicly a fact that he was Hester’s lover. Then he died in Hester’s arms. Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth got sick. After one year, he died.This novel is an 1850 romantic work of fiction. However, in my eyes, it not only is a story of love, but also is a story of soul. What impress me deeply is the human nature, the characterization, and the psychological description. The images of the three main characters are vivid and lively.Hester Prynne, a beautiful woman who born in a British crumbling aristocratic family, was married to a monstrous old scholar. When her husband could be dead or alive, she was fallen in love with a priest and gave birth a daughter. It breached the Puritan doctrine. So she was found guilty. She must to wear a scarlet letter “A” in her lifetime for her sin. But she would not reveal her lover, and raised the child by herself.Here we will praise her for the resistance of the unreasonable marriage system, and impress by her great love. Perhaps when a woman deeply love a man, she will sacrifice all of hers for her love. She can use her fragile body to protect her love one. She not only can sacrifice everything but also can endure everything for love, and enjoy it. In this sacrifice, she does not care about the secular and the personal interest. It reflects the real greatness and nobility.She was so amazing that I could not find a suitable word to praise her. But actually she impressed me than anyone else ever done. When facing the disastrous punishment, she just bear it by herself. Although the punishment is cruel for a woman, she did not escape from it. Besides, she did not show her weakness to gain people’s sympathy. She also did not committed suicide as I imagine. Because as for a traditional Chinese woman, she probably tend to this extreme way. She would give up her life because of shame, and want to use her death to end this scandal stain life. However, Hester just accepted the punishment calmly and continue the pursuit of freedom and happiness. She was so inviolability that to look down upon the so-called Puritans.As a woman, a mother, she was great. After sacrifice her everything, the only fortune Hester got was her daughter, Pearl. She love Pearl. Pearl was her pursuit of beauty. However she worried about the groundless sin would come upon her daughter.So she atoned for love. She devoted her life to serve society, though those who accepted her help are ungrateful to her.Arthur Dimmesdale, a real martyr, was a coward who dare to love but afraid to admit his love. Although he was wretched, he overall was a good man. He struggled in pain, wasted his life, played a dual role, saint and sinner. When he could not tell who was good or bad, he stick to his inner secret. He dare not to disclose his sin. So he suffered from his inner guilty. However, from his respective, I think we should understand him. Because his faith not only supported him, but also imprisoned him in a cage.Roger Chillingworth, a crazy avenger, was real evil. Once he was thoughtful, well-read, and curious old scholar. Now he was toward to the abyss of evil because of hatred. In order to revenge, his erudition became a weapon. And all his good quality tend to be crazy. To him, I just felt pity. Although he was a boring people, he was learned and calm, wise and respected. However, because of hatred, he became evil, disgusting and crazy. It is a tragedy.This story has a sad ending but with sense of reality. The death of the priest and Chillingworth has its own cause. Dimmesdale is a pure pious puritan. After he had affair with Hester, he became a sinner. The sin torture him mentally and physically. It ruin him. Chillingworth was crazy. His hatred afflicted him day and night. He devoted his whole life to revenge. It destroyed him.But Hester was strong-willed, stoic and more tolerant and independence. She suffered a lot, by never was defeated by the suffering. She was goodness and willing to help others. Finally, she changed the meaning of the scarlet letter A, from “Adultery”to “Able” .Maybe only the good people could deserve a good end.（注：⽂档可能⽆法思考全⾯，请浏览后下载，供参考。

The Scarlet Letter内容总结及分析

红字（美国作家霍桑创作小说）19世纪美国浪漫主义作家霍桑的长篇小说。

发表于1850年。

《红字》讲述了发生在北美殖民时期的恋爱悲剧。

女主人公海丝特·白兰嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯，他们之间却没有爱情。

在孤独中白兰与牧师丁梅斯代尔相恋并生下女儿珠儿。

白兰被当众惩罚，戴上标志“通奸”的红色A字示众。

然而白兰坚贞不屈，拒不说出孩子的父亲。

小说惯用象征手法，人物、情节和语言都颇具主观想象色彩，在描写中又常把人的心理活动和直觉放在首位。

因此，它不仅是美国浪漫主义小说的代表作，同时也被称作是美国心理分析小说的开创篇。

The Scarlet Letter Adultery Nathaniel Hawthorne（作者）nameless narrator（叙述方式）纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804—1864），是美国心理分析小说的开创者，也是美国文学史上首位写作短篇小说的作家，被称为美国19世纪最伟大的浪漫主义小说家。

Hester Prynne（海丝特·白兰）, is the novel's heroine.Dimmesdale(丁梅斯代尔) Chillingworth（齐灵渥斯）Pearl（珠儿）内容简介在十七世纪中叶的一个夏天，一天早晨，一大群波士顿居民拥挤在监狱前的草地上，庄严地目不转睛地盯着牢房门。

随着牢门的打开，一个怀抱三个月大的婴儿的年轻女人缓缓地走到了人群前，在她的胸前佩带着一个鲜红的A 字，耀眼的红字吸引了所有人的目光，她就是海丝特·白兰太太。

她由于被认为犯了通奸罪而受到审判，并要永远佩带那个代表着耻辱的红字。

在绞刑台上，面对着总督贝灵汉和约翰·威尔逊牧师的威逼利诱，她以极大的毅力忍受着屈辱，忍受着人性所能承担的一切，而站在她身旁的年轻牧师丁梅斯代尔却流露出一种忧心忡忡、惊慌失措的神色，恰似一个人在人生道路上偏离了方向，感到非常迷惘，只有把自己封闭起来才觉得安然。

红字人物角度分析英文

红字人物角度分析英文Characters in The Scarlet LetterHester PrynneThe heroine in the novel. The story is all about her life. And she wore the scarlet letter on her breast. She was a heroine, because she lived bravely in the society with deep gender differences and confirmedly chose the true love which is suitable for her. She was a heroine, because she was a real individual and dare to challenge the gender concept in people’s mind with her own action. Moreover, she was not only the representative of independence but of kindness and happiness. She had kept her shirt on for several years and did good deeds, which won people’s forgiveness and respect. And the scarlet letter “A” stood for adultery on her breast finally became the symbol of angel(A).DimmesdaleDimmesdale was a minister but actually the lover of Hester and Pearl’s father. The key to understand the character Dimmesdale is not his piety but his excessive reliance on the impact from social ideas, which locked himself in a moral prison. He sank into a self-torture because of his sense of guilty. The scarlet letter stood for adultery brand both on his breast and his heart. In most of chapters he was the helpless victim for he was a sinner in his theology creed which led him to find a way out through religion spirit. He dared not to hold the opposite idea with society. On account of the loss of his statue, he was not brave enough to admit the relationship with Hester. He was divisive deep in his mind. Seriously speaking, he was the prey of Puritanism.ChillingworthHe is Hester’s ex-husband and the real villain in the novel. He is the so-called represent of knowledge and the most determined supporter of a male ideology in the Puritan society. In other word, he could be seen as the maker of the scarlet letter. He was like the Satan since he spied and torment Dimmesdale’s heart. He was guilty because he violated the most beautiful and natural desire of humanity. As a result, his destiny was miserable that he died soon after Dimmesdale killed himself.Pearl。

浅析《红字》中海斯特的性格

浅析《红字》中海斯特的性格摘要作为世界著名作家之一和“美国的莎士比亚”，霍桑将浪漫主义推向了高峰。

他的《红字》是美国19世纪文学史上的经典作品，也是女性追求真爱，挑战清教社会中神权父权的代表作。

《红字》更是吸引了无数学者研究海斯特的性格，对她的各种分析也屡见不鲜。

本篇著作的背景是在波士顿的一个小镇上，介绍了这个地区的居民是如何被清教主义深刻影响的。

其中女主人公海斯特白兰和镇上受人尊敬的牧师丁梅斯代尔通奸并生下女儿珠儿。

作为惩罚，她被带上红字A-”Adultery”的象征。

同时，论文分析女主人公海斯特的性格。

例如勇敢坚强，叛逆，还有红字A 的转变对她性格的影响。

论文的主要目的是展现了清教法规的苛刻无情地刑法，在清教社会中，不管是谁犯罪都要接受惩罚。

本文还涉及了霍桑的清教价值观，他对清教值价值观和思想的肯定以及对其消极方面对人民思想控制的批判，这也是决定海斯特最后的命运是在通过自身的努力实现了对真爱的追寻并且自身也得到救赎，也改变了人们对红字的看法。

霍桑描写的海斯特的性格向人们展示了他的清教观，以及清教思想对他的影响。

海斯特最初是勇敢坚强的，最终却在清教社会的压迫下，承认了自己的罪过并通过救赎得到了社会的认可。

通过红字A的象征意义的变化也体现了海斯特的性格变化。

关键字；清教主义，海斯特，性格，通奸AbstractAN ANALYSIS OF HESTER’SPRESONALITY IN SCARLET LETTERAbstractAs one of the world’s most famous writers and “the Shakespeare of American” Nathaniel Hawthorne played a critical role in the highlight of romantic novel. The Scarlet Letter,Nathaniel Hawthorne’s representative work, is a classical novel in American literature in the 19th century. The novel is concerning how feminine pursue true love, challenge theocracy, patriarchy and political power in Puritan society. This thesis introduce how the communities in the town are deeply influenced by Puritanism. The heroine Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, the town’s reverend priest, engages in the act of adultery baby girl named Pearl. As punishment Hester forced to wear “Adultery”. And Scarlet Letter has wined the world-wide attention. Especially the female Hester Prynne has attracted large numbers of scholars to analysis her personality.Meanwhile, The novel describes the heroine Hester Prynne who shows us some personality such as strong , brave, rebellion, compromise and hypocrisy in the transformation of her. The thesis aims at presenting the harshness and the strict punishment in Puritan society. In puritan communities, no matter who commits a sin will be punished. On one hand, he appreciates the puritan thought and value; on the other hand, he condemns the negative impact of puritan society on people’s spirit. And this thought influences Hester’s final fate-to get salvation through self-improvement and hardworking. Hester is brave and strong but with the force of puritanism she admitted her sin. And with analysis the transformation of A’s meaning reflect Hester’s personality.Key words：Puritanism; Hester ; Personality; AdulteryCONTENTSCHAPTER I INTRODUCTION (1)CHAPTER II INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORKS (2)2.1 Author (2)2.1.1 Puritan Influence On Hawthorne...................................................................,.2 2.1.2.Hawthorne’s Own Thought on Puritanism (3)2.2 Works (5)2.2.1 His Main Works (5)2.2.2 Introduction of The Scarlet Letter (6)CHAPTER III ANALYSIS HESTER’S PERSONALITY (9)3.1 Hester’s Personality at the Beginning of the Novel (9)3.1.1 Personality of Graceful and Beautiful (9)3.1.2 Personality of Rebellious (9)3.2 Hester’s Personality after wearing “Adultery” (10)3.2.1 Personality of Fearless (10)3.2.2 Personality of Compromising being a Mother (11)3.2.3 Personality of Brave and Strong (13)CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF THE LETTER “A” -ADULTERY (14)4.1 Being Shamed for “Adultery” (14)4.2Transformation of A’s Meaning; Alone, Alienate, Able, Angel, Admirable (16)CHAPTER V CONCLUSION (18)5.1 The Summary of the Research (18)5.2 The Significance of the Research (18)5.3 The Limitations of the Research (18)REFERENCE (19)CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTIONThe Scarlet Letter represents Nathaniel Hawthorne’s most successful and popular novel, which was published in 1850. It is an outstanding work, which is full of profound intention, complicated plots and sincere emotion. It also shows its unique artistic charm and literary values. Hester Prynne is a famous figure in American literature. Hester Prynne is the main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. This novel happened in Boston, which was a colony of England in 17th century. At that time and at that place, the doctrine of Puritans was looked as the rule of people’s daily life. Hawthorne was born in a puritan family, whose grandfather was an authority. That made him was deep influenced by Puritanism. On one hand, he received the doctrine of hard working and thrifty, on the other hand, He thought that the Puritan religion was too strict and harsh.Hester Prynne is a woman, who has great courage to pure the real love and a woman who experiences hard life and longs for freedom. She loves her life no matter how difficult it is. She tries her best to struggle against the adversity. She is a beautiful, virtuous, brave and tough woman. Because of adultery, she is forced to wear an “A” on her breast to shame her. She showed extreme strength and courage to resist the bias of the Puritanism by her good deeds and finally is received and being respected by the society and get salvation through hard working.CHAPTER II INTRODUCTION OF THEAUTHOR AND MAIN WORKS2.1 Introduction of the AuthorHawthorne was born on the fourth of July, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. Some of his ancestors were men of prominence in the Puritan theocracy of seventeenth century New England. One of them was a colonial magistrate, notorious for his part in the persecution of the Quakers, and another was a judge at the Salem Witchcraft Trial in 1692. Gradually the family fortune declined . His father, a sea captain, died in Dutch Guiana, leaving the widow and the child behind to shift for themselves. Young Hawthorne was intensely aware of the misdeeds of his Puritan ancestors, this awareness led to his understanding of evil being at the core of human life , to “that blackness in Hawthorne ”.In 1821 Hawthorne went to Bowdoin College, where he had Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a classmate. He also developed a friendship with Franklin Pierce who was to become the fourteenth President of the United States. In 1825 to 1837 Hawthorne lived in solitude and seclusion. He was, during the four years (1853-1857) when President Pierce was in office, the United States consul in Liverpool, England and later traveled in Italy. He died in 1864.2.1.1 Puritan Influence On HawthorneThe story tells about the life of the resident under the surrounding of persecution derived from the ineradicable religion in Massachusetts of Boston in New England in public. Boston, which was a colony of England at that time, the local Boston people was the representative of puritans. From the political authorities to the kids playing before the church, their characteristics are the same. The thesis aims at any differences from others are hereto. At the early cultures of Boston, ages and experience are emphasis; there is no culture of younger. That’s why Hawthorne makes the story happens there. To the puritans, any person or thing which is different from them will be punished or be banished. To the puritans, the laws are sacred; anyone who breaks the law should be punishedstrictly, that’s the special environment which Hester lived in.All his life, Hawthorne seems to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil in life. Reading his tales and romances, one cannot but be overwhelmed by the “black”vision which these works reveal. Evil exists in the human heart as is evident, for instance, in the short story, “Earth’s Holocaust,”which tells us that, though all symbol of tradition and the past have been burned in the bonfire of the life of the New World, the source of evil—the huAman heart—remains intact. Everyone seems to cover up his black veil (“The Minister’s Black Veil”). Evil seems to be man’s birthmark (“The Birthmark”). A. H. Quinn perceptively states that Hawthorne is at his best when dealing with sin, the supernatural, and New England past, The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century. （Barlow，2000,3）It is en elaboration of a fact which Puritanism ruled. Hester was sinned adultery, which cannot be forgiven and must be punished at that time, this reflects Hawthorne’s thought of sin, everyone has sin and they must use their whole life to expiate themselves. But he also thought the punishments are too harsh. Thus why he made Hester sinned, but didn’t admit her sin.2.1.2 Hawthorne’s Own Thoughts on PuritanismIn this novel, Hawthorne uses the repressive, authoritarian Puritan society as an analogue for humankind in general. The Puritan setting also enables him to portray the human soul under extreme pressure. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth, while unquestionable part of the Puritan society in which they live, also reflect universal experiences. Hawthorne speaks specially to American issues, but he circumvents the aesthetic and thematic limitations that might accompany such focus. His university and his dramatic flair have ensured his place in the literary canon, tolerant and cruel. He thinks that the Puritan religion was too strict and harsh. Readers can see how he disliked them by the way people act, talk, and live.Meanwhile, he also shows how he thought the Puritan people would react to the manner in which Hester stitched the “A”, and he d oes not make them look very pleasant. By showing them as being ruthless, and evil, Hawthorne is able to reveal his views of the Puritan people, and how he dislikes them through thetownsfolk (the woman in particular). He makes them come across as people you would love to hate. Throughout the entire book, Hester is looked down upon though slightly less as the story progresses, and is treated like a second class citizen. Hawthorne shows his distaste of the Puritan culture by expressing himself through the characters and their actions. Not one person in this novel is truly good, and all the characters sins. It is impossible to have a perfect society, and Nathaniel Hawthorne explains to us in The Scarlet Letter, that one is ruled by the Puritan religion, proves this true.(Gao,2000,4)Nevertheless, although he is shocked by the Puritan injustice, he is convinced that there is both good and evil in Puritanism. He thinks a lot about the conflict of God as omniscient and omnipotent on one hand, and vengeful and cruel on the other. He sees that religion is able to produce evil. Things like the witch trials, where innocent people have to die, can happen in his Puritan hometown of Salem, which leads him to the opinion that the fusion of religious dogma and political authority is the worst evil. His ancestors and all the other Puritans maybe think to have found the devil when prosecuting witches, but Hawthorne is of a different opinion. Hawthorne’s answ er is that devil existed in everybody. It makes people blind so they are not able to recognize the evil in themselves.In a whole, Hawthorne’s attitude towards Puritanism is split. There are things he is absolutely in favor of and things he condemns from the depth of his heart. And to some extent, Hawthorne is a Puritan because of his Puritan origin. It is Puritanism that has led to today’s American achievement oriented society. But Hawthorne describes the Puritan society of the 17th century as narrow and relentless. He does not share the dogmas and delusions of the people who are condemned, because he has little interest and less belief in doctrines and theological debate. His imagination is repeatedly drawn the subjects of temptation, guilt and shame. He seeks the depth of the human things.Of course Hawthorne’s point of view is that of the 19th century, not that of 17th century, where his short stories are settled. He is aware of his roots and history, but he questions these roots and history from his modern point of view. Back to his attitudes towards the Puritanism of ancestors, when Hawthorneread the accounts about his first American ancestors, he was reported to have readthem with fascination and horror. He was different from his ancestors.The way Hawthorne makes Hester’s fate goes with the Puritans. She sins, isforced to wear a letter “A”on her breast, is isolated by the townspeople, butfinally is respected because of her kind-hearted. This can be assigned the origin toHawthorne’s experiences that he has isolated from the outside after he graduatesfrom university. Hawthorne has ever said to Longfellow, the most fearful thing isthat you can not share your happiness or sorrow of your daily life to others. Onewho is deprived the right of join the society, is an audience but not a participant,Max said that one is a social man because man has to live in the society, or hewill lose the meaning of exiting. （Chang，2009,76）Hawthorne thinks Hestershould resign the punishment of Alienation, which is seen as the cruelest one.Hester should turn over a new leaf by expiating herself.Hester’s fate is designed; she has no choice because she lives in a puritansociety and Hawthorne’s puritan thoughts also determine her fate.2.2 Works2.2.1 His Main WorksThe House of the Seven Gables is an appalling fictional version Hawthorne’sbelief that “the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive”, and thatevil will come out of evil though it may take many generation to happen.ColonelPyncheon takes by force the land of Matthew Maule, and condemns him as awizard. He builds a house on the land while Matthew Maule is sent to thescaffold. Before he dies, the “wizard” curses the colonel, saying “God will givehim blood to drink”. Retribution does come. The house seems to be haunted. Thescion of the colonel wither and die out, and eventually it is the descendant of thepersecuted wizard who gets the upper hand. The curse does, in time, materialize.It is true that the book concludes on a happy note, and that good triumphs overevil.The Marble Faun i s a good illustration. A young Italian nobleman, Donatello byname, falls in love with a beautiful Miriam whose happiness is, however,threatened by a monk and eventually gives himself up to a life-imprisonment while Miriam is resolved to lead a life of penance. Donatello lives through the tragic experience and attains maturity as a man.2.2.2 Introduction of the Scarlet LetterThe story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester’s husband, a scholar much older than she is, sent her ahead to America, but he never arrived in Boston. The consensus is that he has been lost at sea. While waiting for her husband, Hester has apparently had an affair, as she has given birth to a child. She will not reveal her lover’s identity, however, and the scarlet letter, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. On this day Hester is led to the town scaffold and harangued by the town fathers, but she again refuses to identify her child’s father.The elderly onlooker is Hester’s missing husband, who is now practicing medicine and calling himself Roger Chillingworth. He settles in Boston, intent on revenge. He reveals his true identity to no one but Hester, whom he has sworn to secrecy. Several years pass. Hester supports herself by working as a seamstress, and Pearl grows into a willful, impish child. Shunned by the community, they live in a small cottage on the outskirts of Boston. Community officials attempt to take Pearl away from Hester, but, with the help of Arthur Dimmesdale, a young and eloquent minister, the mother and daughter manage to stay together. Dimmesdale, however, appears to be wasting away and suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. Chillingworth attaches himself to the ailing minister and eventually moves in with him so that he can provide his patient with round-the-clock care. Chillingworth also suspects that there may be a connection between the minister’s torments and Hester’s secret, and he begins to test Dimmesdale to see what he can learn. One afternoon, while the minister sleeps, Chillingworth discovers a m ark on the man’s breast, which convinces himthat his suspicions are correct.Dimmesdale’s psychological anguish deepens, and he invents new tortures for himself. In the meantime, Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. One night, when Pearl is about seven years old, she and her mother are returning home from a visit to a deathbed when they encounter Dimmesdale atop the town scaffold, trying to punish himself for his sins. Hester and Pearl join him, and the three link hands. Dimmesdale refuses Pearl’s request that he acknowledge her publicly the next day, and a meteor marks a dull red “A” in the night sky. Hester can see that the minister’s condition is worsening, and she resolves to interv ene. She goes to Chillingworth and asks him to stop adding to Dimmesdale’s self-torment. Chillingworth refuses.Hester arranges an encounter with Dimmesdale in the forest because she is aware that Chillingworth has probably guessed that she plans to reveal his identity to Dimmesdale. The former lovers decide to flee to Europe, where they can live with Pearl as a family. They will take a ship sailing from Boston in four days. Both feel a sense of release, and Hester removes her scarlet letter and lets down her hair. Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth dies a year later. Hester and Pearl leave Boston, and no one knows what has happened to them. Many years later, Hester returns alone, still wearing the scarlet letter, to live in her old cottage and resume her charitable work. She receives occasional letters from Pearl, who has married a European aristocrat and established a family of her own. When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale. The two share a single tombstone, which bears a scarlet “A.”CHAPTER III ANALYSIS OF HESTER’SPERSONALITY IN SCARLET LETTERHester’s entrance is an attractive and graceful lady like a lady of quality, which makes her different from people. Although she sins, she acts brave and dare to admit her sin, dare to get salvation through her acts.3.1 Hester’s personality at The Beginning of The Novel3.1.1 Personality of Graceful And BeautifulHester is attractive when she appears. She is a slender lady who herself with a deliberate grace. She has a beautiful face with deep black eyes. To most people, she looks more like a graceful lady from the upper class. But Hawthorne’s female characters tend to fall into two broad categories, the blond and effete, and the dark-haired and sensual Oriental type. To the latter belongs Hester Prynne, attractive, appealing, and mildly aggressive, she represents sexual guilt as love with her is fatal, but she is really pure and innocent. Young Hester borders on being licentious. Her drive is sexual. One needs to take just a casual look at her luxuriant head of black silky hair to understand this of her. But she lives a rigorous life; only once does she let loose her lovely hair. (Barlow, 2000, 21)3.1.2 Personality of RebelliousThe heroine in The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is a beautiful and competent woman. Even though she is reduced to a prisoner, she is still “very slim with black silky hair. Her face is fair and charming which looks more moving with her moon-like eyebrow and deep black eyeball. She belongs to the group of noblewoman even if she is measured by temporary female style”. It is this young and beautiful woman that is married to an old and ugly scholar, Chillingworth. At that time, Hester is very young just like a newborn moss. Although the scholar is anile, he always accompanies her when she is down and out. It is hard to say whether there is love between them. But Hester and Chillingworth live harmoniously. In later years Chillingworth sends Hester to New England to settle down there and asks Hester to wait for him. Since then he has never been heard of since. Having heard that her husband has died, Hester and the priest, Dimmesdale, falls in love with each other and later Heater gives birth to a child named Pearl.Although the judge doesn’t put her to death out of mercy, she is still punished to wear a scarlet letter A with her three-month old baby in her arms in the scaffold. No doubt this punishment is a torture to her. The scarlet letter A on her breast is a symbol of evil. And the baby is a vivid evidence of the crime. What makes her feel shameful is other’s abuse and spurn. This rebellion against the world is sinful especially in the puritan society. Hester’s love to her husband is somewhat a betrayal, but her love toward Dimmesdale is sincere. There is no true love between her and her husband, but there exists between her and Dimmesdale. When the relation with Dimmesdale is revealed, she is brave to bear the accusation to maintain Dimmesdale’s reputation. When she is publicly exposed in the scaffold, Hester is forced to point out her lover. But she resolves not to do it. She says that “she wants to bear the pain of him like she does in herself”. In fact, she herself alone bears the crime for seven years. When she knows that Chillingworth has used various kinds of means to revenge on the unaware Dimmesdal and the latter has suffered a lot because of this, Hester makes up her mind to expose Chillingworth’s true identity and leave for other place with Dimmesdale. She gives a lot of comfort and support to him. Her female gentility, virtue and positive spirit have made their full expression in the people around her. She bravely faces the hardship in her life, and at key moment she can protect her baby Pearl from being taken away by puritans. As a mother and lover, Hester is sincere.3.2Hester’s Personality after Wearing “Adultery”3.2.1 Personality of FearlessHester Prynne leaves a deep impression to the readers. Hester is a woman, who has great courage to devote to real love and a woman who experiences hard life and longs for freedom. She loves her life no matter how difficult it is. She tries her best to struggle against the adversity. She is a beautiful, virtuous, brave and tough woman.Hester marries an unloved ugly old man, nothing but having great knowledge admired by all fools. However, when Hester goes to Massachusetts of Boston,She falls in love with Dimmesdale who is her true lover. It should be a good matter, so to speak, if she could divorce from the oldest Chillingworth and then marry Dimmesdale it would be a romantic love story. Unfortunately, it is disgraceful of a married woman to love another man even if that is her beloved one in that abnormal time. So, what a disgraced thing it is that she has to be set up to public shame and wore a mark of shame upon her bosom letter A stands for adultery that makes her bring sermon against sin, until the ignominious scarlet letter be engraved upon her tombstone .But that does not impact on her life even if all dwells give a wide berth to her and use the most incautious words to aggress her later. Because of her benevolence, the inhabitants accept her gradually though they insult her sometimes. Hester does not mind it, because what she concerns is Whether Dimm esdale’s life is good or not.3.2.2 Personality of Compromising Being A MotherHester is deeply influenced by the society. Although she is rejected by the society, she tries to return to it. She has distinctive characters of contemporary feminist. “The y have strength and virtue, but there are also shortcomings and evil. On the one hand they learn to obey and do something good; on the other hand, their minds remain independent and keep fighting. For Hester, she has to get close to Puritanism’s idea about human nature and its values. On the other hand, she refuses to repent and insists on true love. Maternal love plays an important role in Hester’s psychological process. In the society where religious theocracy dominates, although Hester knows she has the right to pursue love, she is still conscious that her betrayal of marriage offends the law. As a woman, she can alone bear all punishments and misfortunes. But as a mother, she worries about the cruel punishments will fall into Pearl. “Everyday she observes the child’s personality closely, for the fear that it may develop some gloomy or wired manners. She has suffered so much pain and loneliness, so she hopes her child not to recommit the same error, but to integrate into the society and live a happy life. Therefore, she silently endures the pain and maintains contact with the society through the needlework to gain comfort. As Pearl’s name suggests, she comes from sin, but she is pure. She is also a constant reminder to Hester and totownspeople of Hester’s sin. Hester dresses her with bright color and named her pearl, and that shows her love to her baby. Though Pearl is regarded as the result of Hester and Dimmesdale’s adultery, she is still a pearl to Hester. Hester give all hope to Pearl. She is still a brave mother.The compromise of Hester Prynne is related to Hawthorne's ideology. Hawthorne was born in New England dilapidated aristocratic family. There are two generations of his ancestors were in colonial politics and religion and authority figures, who persecuted by fanatical Puritan heresy. When Hawthorne was a child he lived in Salem town which was a famous place in American history. He deeply influenced by Calvinism, a region suffering from the infiltration of religious and cultural. Then in Hawthorne's later year he face the American capitalist economy of rapid development, social structure, the scene of major changes, it shows a very complicated ambivalence of his mind. On the one hand he dared to criticize Calvinism poisoning people's religious fanaticism and stifle the religious dogma in the pursuit of an abstract thought in the United States. In The Scarlet Letter, on the one hand, he criticized religious bigotry destroy people's position. He focus on the performance of the bravely and rebellion of Hester Prynne. On the other hand, and most importantly, he concept of original sin and Calvinism affirmed the seriousness of early Puritan, digestion of the Hester's courage and sense of resistance, so that to search for compromise in the Hester's life from the original sin in access to spiritual self-rescue. Hester Prynne of The scarlet letter, consciously or unconsciously reinforce compromise, this is the result of Hawthorne's religious contemplation. Compromise of Hester Prynne is began with the crimes. She gradually forced to compromise on the way to redemption. She and Dimmesdale's love sown the seeds of evil, therefore, she spent seven years to living shame.3.2.3 Personality of Brave And StrongHester is the only person who wears the “A” in the whole article. Puritan authority’s power forces her to wear it all day long after the punishment of three hours standing on the scaffold. Hester can leave the Massachusetts colony, but she does not flee. She regards the place as her home living as the type of shame.It is love, which is the only reason for her to live in that place. The kind of love is declared guilty according to the puritan religion, which takes the asceticism as the local law at that time. “There trod the feet of one with whom she d eemed herself connected in a union would bring them together before the bar of final judgment, and make that their marriage-alter, for a joint futurity of endless retribution (Hawthorne, 2009,489 ). Maybe at that time, Hester’s choice seems a little innocent. Just for the faith for love, which can also be regarded as the passion in a short while though wild nature as she has, she restrains her be behavior from then on for she thinks herself commit an offence. She swears of keeping the secret of the relationship between her and her husband Chillingworth shows that she is in blame at that time and puzzled with her love.When being put into prison, Hester refuses to confess who the father of the baby is, she protect Dimmesdale though Dimmesdale is too recreant to admit the sin. After Hester commits the sin, the Puritan society immediately enforces its law against her. “Hester betrayed her husband and went against the principle of honesty on Puritan, so she must accept the severe penalty in the Puritan society at that time.” Apart from wearing the red letter “A”, she has to suffer public shame on the scaffold.Though the love between Hester and Dimmesdale is true, Hester is a woman who is married. Both of them sin, they have to be punished and get salvation through their acts.CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF THE LETTER “A”-ADULTERYIn puritan’s doctrine, one should get salvation by hard working, Hester must be tortured until she receives forgiveness from God, and all that she can do is to bear until she gets salvation.。

红字中海斯特的形象分析（2）

红字中海斯特的形象分析（2）三、海斯特对生活的追求“红字”在清教徒的眼里是罪恶和耻辱的标志，而在它面前，海斯特却依然展示了她的人性魅力和尊严，她艰苦的抗争和对生活的追求是冲破旧的道德枷锁的充分体现。

海斯特顽强的生活意志和善良的本性感动了人们，许多人都不再以原有的意义去解释那鲜红的A字，（abie）“能干”（angei）“天使”却成了A字新的寓意。

“海斯特凭借着与生俱来的性格力量和不同寻常的能力在生活中得到了一个自己扮演的角色。

人们来到她的小屋，将他们的悲哀和困扰倾诉给她，寻求她的忠告。

”“海斯特竭尽所能去安慰劝导她们，并郑重告诉她们：坚信当世界渐臻成熟，某个更加光明的时代到来时，会在一个更为可靠的保证相互幸福的基础上，建立起男人和女人之间的整个关系。

”正是因她这种对美好生活的强烈的热情，使她实现了自己作为一个女人的存在价值。

结语正如尼娜贝姆所说：“在海斯特这个形象中，霍桑塑造了美国小说中的第一个真正的女主角，同时也是其中永远的英雄之一。

”海斯特以她的行动告诉女性应该怎样在逆境中求生存，怎样才能赢得自身的平等和自由的权利，怎样才能真正找到自己的价值和存在的意义。

这种敢于斗争的形象和反抗命运的精神鼓舞着成千上万的女性为实现这一理想而奋斗。

也正因为如此，她胸前的红色A是女性意识觉醒的标志，具有永恒的意义，至今仍闪耀着耀眼的光辉。

红字中海斯特的形象分析 [篇2]＜红字）思想深邃．想象丰富．表现手法独特，引起了人们一个多世纪的关注与评论．它被公认为是霍桑最杰出的作品。

在整部小说中．海斯特被描写成一个聪明、漂亮、能干。

极富同情心但又很平凡的女人．特定的环境造就了她这样的形象．在她的性格中同样蕴含着强烈的反叛精神和独立自我精神。

在霍桑的笔下。

海丝特是一个敢于反抗命运、敢于为争取人生权利而斗争的勇敢女性。

她一出场．便显示出生机勃然的个性。

当沉重的狱门拉开．当狱吏把她拉出狱门示众时，虽然一种本能的荣辱感使她感到耻辱．然而她并没有丝毫的畏怯。