《红字》英文介绍

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Hester has committed adultery with a young minister,Dimmesdale,Hester refuses to name her lover and i s sentenced to wear a scarlet A, signifying adulteress(奸妇) , as a sign of s i n .
1 Author 2 Characters 3 Plot 4 Themes
1 Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne ( 纳撒尼尔· 霍桑)
AnAmerican novelist and short story writer
His fiction works are . considered dark romanticism（黑色浪漫主义）
a devoted servant of God
gloomy, weak-minded , s e l f i s h
Dimmesdale
suffering from experience of physical and spiritual disintegration
2 Characters
Hester’s daughter A symbol of the hope Innocent， lovely，lively，smart Moody（情 绪多变的） Mischievous （淘气的） Brave
4 Themes
Sin, Knowledge, and the Human Condition The Nature of E v i l Identity and Society
4 Themes
Adultery I t i s orig inal ly meant to be a symbol of shame.
2 Characters
Young
Beautiful Brave
Hester
A rebel of puritan(反清教伦理)
Help neighbors and the poor
She pursued happiness.
2 Characters
Young Handsome
Minister（牧师）
Dimmesdale suffered physical and mental torture(折磨
Chillingworth hides his identity and revenge himself Dimmesdale.
4 Themes
通过人物的悲剧命运，揭露17世纪殖民地的 残酷现实，批判清教主义道德虚伪,表现对 人性本质的理解与同情，对爱情进行赞美， 探讨“善”与“恶”哲理。
2 Characters
Chillingworth
Hester
Dimmesdale
Pearl
2 Characters
Chillingworth
Old Ugly Scholar Deformed shoulders（畸形的肩膀）
Distorted soul(扭曲的灵魂) He i s interested in revenge.
Able
As time goes by, Hester has added to the l e t t e r another meaning through her own e f f o r t s .
Angel
Gradually，it becomes indeterminate（模糊的）： people even regard i t as angle.