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红字英文介绍TheScarletLetter

Life in the Colonies was harsh; but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals Puritans sought the freedom to live by their beliefs However; the Puritan leaders did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own
➢ His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity
➢ His works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity
Important Work
• Just because of the ending; The Scarlet Letter was defined as nothing but a coarse and vulgar book with ideas that would pervert the minds of readers; when it was published at first However people realized that it was a thoughtful book with great value and worthy to study again and again
• Antinomian 唯信仰论者：主张基督徒可以废弃道德;依靠信仰来拯救灵魂
• Quaker 教友派：靠内心意识指引的教派

红字故事简介

红字故事简介《红字》是美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑创作的一部长篇小说，也是霍桑最著名的作品之一。

小说以17世纪的新英格兰为背景，讲述了一个因婚外情而受到社会谴责的女子的故事。

故事中的“红字”代表了女主人公的耻辱和罪恶，也象征着社会对女性的束缚和压迫。

故事的主人公海丝特·普林（Hester Prynne）因与牧师阿瑟·丹德利（Arthur Dimmesdale）发生婚外情而怀孕，被迫戴上一顶印有“A”字母的红色绣花标志，受到全社会的唾弃和排斥。

在面对严酷的社会道德谴责和身心的煎熬之下，海丝特仍然坚强地生活下去，默默承受着所有的痛苦和羞辱。

而阿瑟·丹德利则在内心的煎熬下慢慢消瘦，最终在内疚和痛苦中离世。

故事通过描写海丝特的坚强和勇敢，以及阿瑟的内疚和懦弱，展现了对道德和宗教的思考，对社会伦理和个人自由的探讨。

作品中还穿插了对当时社会的批判，对宗教枷锁和女性地位的探讨，呈现出了霍桑对人性的深刻洞察和对社会现实的批判。

小说以其深刻的思想内涵和独特的叙事手法，成为了世界文学史上的经典之作。

它不仅在当时引起了轰动，也为后世留下了深刻的启示。

通过对道德、罪恶、宗教、个体与社会的关系等问题的探讨，霍桑揭示了人性的复杂和社会的丑恶，使得这部作品在当今社会依然具有重要的现实意义。

总的来说，《红字》是一部思想深刻、情感丰富的文学作品，它通过对个体命运的描写，探讨了人性的复杂和社会的丑恶，对当代社会仍然具有重要的启示意义。

这部作品不仅在文学史上有着重要地位，也为我们提供了重要的思想和道德的反思，是一部值得深入研究和思考的经典之作。

红字读书报告英文版

红字读书报告英文版英文回答：The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, is a complex and multifaceted work of literature that explores the themes of sin, guilt, and redemption. The novel is set in a Puritan community in 17th-century Massachusetts and tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who has been ostracized from society after giving birth to an illegitimate child. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a symbol of her sin.The novel follows Hester as she struggles to find her place in the community and to come to terms with her past. She is initially isolated and rejected, but over time she gradually gains the respect of others through her acts of kindness and compassion. Hester's journey is one of redemption and self-discovery, and she ultimately finds peace and acceptance.The Scarlet Letter is a classic work of American literature that has been praised for its rich symbolism, complex characters, and exploration of timeless themes. The novel has been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and operas, and it continues to be studied and debated by scholars and readers alike.中文回答：《红字》是纳撒尼尔·霍索恩于 1850 年创作的一部复杂而多方面的文学作品，探寻了罪恶、内疚和救赎等主题。

红字情节介绍

The end…
The day before the ship is to sail, the townspeople gather for a holiday in honor of an election and Dimmesdale preaches his most eloquent sermon ever. Dimmesdale, leaving the church after his sermon, he mounts(爬上) the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses publicly, exposing the mark supposedly seared(烙印） into the flesh of his chest. He dies in Hester's arms after Pearl kisses him. .
The end…
Frustrated in his revenge, Chillingworth dies within the year. 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 resumes her charitable work. There is a sense of liberation in her and the townspeople, especially the women, who had finally begun to forgive Hester of her tragic indiscretion(言行失检).

红字英文介绍The_Scarlet_Letter

In contrast, the studies of Hawthorne in America, put focus on the concept of romance with drawing on the achievements of science community, like electric theory. There are so many great achievements concerning all kinds of ideas, however, when readers think of Hawthorne’s attitude to religion, they are limited to the idea that Hawthorne was in a dilemma: either betray his religion or depress the nature. But in fact Hawthorne found the balance between them in The Scarlet Letter when he treated religion as a tool of regulation function rather than pure belief. 相比之下，中国的研究主要是文学研究，而美国则关注于作品中的科学原理。虽然研究众多，但是读者在思考霍桑的宗教态度时候总是认为霍桑处于两难境地，是背叛信仰还是抑制人性。但是在《红字》中，霍桑其实已经找到了两者之间的平衡点——他把宗教当成是一种具有调节社区的工具而不是纯粹的信仰
Introduction
• The Scarlet Letter told a story of a puritan woman Hester Prynne who was punished to wear a scarlet A which stood for the crime of adultery. The pretty young lady tried to settle down in Boston with her old and ugly husband Chillinggworth, a scholar. But the latter did not appear for years. During this time, Hester committed adultery with a local Minster Dimmesdale, and gave birth to a girl Pearl. Facing the terrible punishment, Hester refused to give her lover’s name away to protect him. Years later, the husband Chillinggworth came to the town and found out the whole truth, and he operated an horror revenge on Dimmesdale, with hiding his own true name. Yet, as the story going, Hester and Dimmesdale became sympathetic figures, while Chillinggworth was a devil at last. • Just because of the ending, The Scarlet Letter was defined as nothing but a coarse and vulgar book with ideas that would pervert the minds of readers, when it was published at first. However people realized with great value and worthy to study again and again.

小说红字(英文版)

Life experience
• Attended Bowdoin College in 1821; • Hawthorne was hired in 1839 as a weigher and gauger at the Boston Custom House. • He joined the transcendentalist utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841; • His later works show some Transcendentalist influence, including a belief in individual choice and consequence, and an emphasis on symbolism.
C12:The minister‘s vigil
Much of Hawthorne‘s work is set in colonial New England, and many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background.
His four major romances or novels written between 1850 and 1860
• The Scarlet Letter《红字》 (1850) • The House of the Seven Gables 《七个尖角阁的房子》 (1851) • The Blithedale Romance 《福谷传奇》 (1852) • The Marble Faun 《玉石雕像》(1860)
the use of symbol the use of ambiguity revelation of characters’ psychology the use of supernatural

《红字》主要情节

《红字》主要情节自18世纪以来，《红字》一书便成为了美国文学的经典之作。

作为一部关于爱情、罪恶和道德观念的小说，《红字》的主要情节扣人心弦，引人入胜。

本文将围绕着《红字》主要情节，逐步展开论述。

在《红字》中，故事发生在17世纪的新英格兰。

书中的主人公哈莉特·普林切特（Hester Prynne）因丧夫而被迫与别人婚外情生下了一个女婴。

由于婚外情这一罪行，哈莉特被迫佩戴着一个鲜红的字母“A”，代表着她是一名通奸者。

这个字母成为了故事中的重要象征，代表着强加于哈莉特身上的羞辱和社会的道德规范。

随着故事的展开，哈莉特的丈夫罗杰（Roger）回到了新英格兰，并化名乔治·君斯科特（Roger Chillingworth）。

君斯科特发誓要找出通奸的罪魁祸首，并对其展开报复。

他发现了婚外情的真相，但为了不暴露自己的身份，他没有让人们知道他与哈莉特的关系。

君斯科特的复仇心理以及他对哈莉特的控制和压迫，为故事注入了更加扣人心弦的紧张氛围。

与此同时，故事中出现了亨芮·皮金斯（Arthur Dimmesdale），一位年轻有为的牧师。

他与哈莉特有着秘密的情感纠葛，但他并未公开承认。

亨芮内心的挣扎以及对自己矛盾道德观念的呈现，给读者带来了更多的思考。

他的弱点和内疚与君斯科特的邪恶相对照，为整个故事增添了层次。

在故事的高潮部分，君斯科特百般摧残亨芮，试图揭露他的秘密。

亨芮的身体和心灵都遭受了极大的折磨，但他始终没有公开承认自己的罪行。

直到最后，他在公众面前坦白了自己的错误，向众人展示了他胸前的红字“A”。

这个场景极具震撼力，引发了众人的震惊和同情。

《红字》最后的情节围绕着哈莉特、君斯科特和亨芮的命运展开。

哈莉特的坚强和宽容、君斯科特的邪恶和病态以及亨芮的内疚和救赎，交织在一起，构成了小说的高潮部分。

通过《红字》这一主要情节，作者霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne）对于个人的罪行、道德观念以及社会对于罪犯的惩罚方式进行了深刻的思考和揭示。

The Scarlet Letter《红字》的内容梗概

The Scarlet Letter 《红字》An aging English scholar sends his beautiful young wife, Hester Prynne by name, to make their new home in New England. When he comes over two years later he is bewildered to see his wife in pillory, wearing a scarlet letter A on her breast, holding her illicit child in her arms. Determined to find out who her lover is, the old scholar disguises himself as a physician and changes his name to Roger Chillingworth. Gradually he discovers that the villain is no other than the much-admired brilliant young clergyman, Arthur Dimmesdale. Tormenting himself ruthlessly for his sin, Dimmesdale finds his conscience no less ruthlessly preyed by Chillingworth. He cuts himself off from community and withers spiritually as well as physically. Hester Prynne’s response to the scarlet letter A is a positive one. Though living on the fringe of the community, she does her best to reestablish her fellowship with her neighbors on a new, honest basis. She helps her fellow creatures as a sister of mercy of sorts or as a skilled embroiderer in an unobtrusive and undemanding manner, and finally wins their love and admiration. At one time she plans to leave America with Dimmesdale, but he refuses her help. He dies in the end in her arms while confessing his sin at a public gathering. Chillingworth withers. Pearl, Hester’s child, grows up to be married into a noble family of Europe.一位上了年纪的英国学者送他年轻貌美的妻子—海斯特•白兰去打理他们在新英格兰的新家。

《红字》读后感英文400字

《红字》读后感英文400字《红字》 is a story about three generations of women and their struggles to find identity in a changing world.The protagonist Gu Qiaoying is a strong woman who strives for independence and self-determination throughout her life. She is constantly challenged by the traditional values held by her family, but she ultimately succeeds in building a life for herself away from them. Gu Qiaoying's daughters also experience difficulties related to finding personal identities that are not solely defined by traditional gender roles.The story shows the way that these three generations of women are able to find strength and courage to be themselves despite the societal pressures they face. It displays the power of love and perseverance that allows them to overcome even the most oppressive forces.The book serves as an inspiration of sorts, showing how each of us can shape our own future if we are brave enough to stand up against the status quo. By making her voice heard, Gu Qiaoying demonstrates that it is possible to live a meaningful and fulfilling life without sacrificing one's own beliefs.Furthermore, the story of 《Red Words》 gives insight into the trials and tribulations of surviving in an ever-changing world, where cultural norms and expectations are constantly shifting. The powerful messages and inspiring characters will stay with readers for a long time, as they remind them of the importance of staying true to oneself and standing up for what's right.。

The_Scarlet_Letter《红字》作品分析

The Scarlet LetterPlot summaryThe novel takes place during the summer in 17th-century Boston, Massachusetts in a Puritan village. A young woman, named Hester Prynne, has been led from the town prison with her infant daughter in her arms and on the breast of her gown "a rag of scarlet cloth" that "assumed the shape of a letter." It was the uppercase letter "A". The Scarlet Letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she has committed and it is to be a symbol of her sin—a badge of shame—for all to see. A man, who was elderly and a stranger to the town, enters the crowd and asks another onlooker what's happening. He responds by explaining that Hester is being punished for adultery. Hester's husband, who is much older than she, and whose real name is unknown, has sent her ahead to America whilst settling affairs in Europe. However, her husband does not arrive in Boston, and the consensus is that he has been lost at sea. It is apparent that, while waiting for her husband, Hester has had an affair, leading to the birth of her daughter. She will not reveal her lover's identity, however, and the scarlet letter, along with her subsequent public shaming, is the punishment for her sin and 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.[2]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 her daughter Pearl grows into a willful, impish child—in Hawthorne's work, Pearl is more of a symbol than an actual character—and is said to be the scarlet letter come to life as both Hester's love and her punishment. 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, an 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 something undescribed to the reader, supposedly an "A" burned into Dimmesdale's chest, which convinces him that his suspicions are correct.[2]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 the deathbed of John Winthrop 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. It is interpreted by the townsfolk to mean Angel, as a prominent figure in the community had died that night, but Dimmesdale sees it as meaning adultery. Hester can see that the minister's condition is worsening, and she resolves to intervene. She goes to Chillingworth and asks him to stop adding to Dimmesdale's self-torment. Chillingworth refuses. She suggests that she may reveal his true identity to Dimmesdale.[2]Later in the story, while walking through the forest, the sun would not shine on Hester, although Pearl could bask in it. They then encounter Dimmesdale, as he is taking a walk in the woods that day. Hester informs Dimmesdale of the true identity of Chillingworth and 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. The sun immediately breaks through the clouds and trees to illuminate her release and joy. Pearl, playing nearby, does not recognize her mother without the letter. She is unnerved and expels a shriek until her mother points out the letter on the ground. Hester beckons Pearl to come to her, but Pearl will not go to her mother until Hester buttons the letter back onto her dress. Pearl then goes to her mother. Dimmesdale gives Pearl a kiss on the forehead, which Pearl immediately tries to wash off in the brook, because he again refuses to make known publicly their relationship. However, he too clearly feels a release from the pretense of his former life, and the laws and sins he has lived with.The day before the ship is to sail, the townspeople gather for a holiday put on in honor of an election and Dimmesdale preaches his most eloquent sermon ever. Meanwhile, Hester has learned that Chillingworth knows of their plan and has booked passage on the same ship. Dimmesdale, leaving the church after his sermon, sees Hester and Pearl standing before the town scaffold. He impulsively mounts the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses publicly, exposing the mark supposedly seared into the flesh of his chest. He falls dead just after Pearl kisses him.[2]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 resumes her charitable work. She receives occasional letters from Pearl, who was rumored to have married a European aristocrat and established a family of her own. Pearl also inherits all of Chillingworth's money even though he knows she is not his daughter. There is a sense of liberation in her and the townspeople, especially the women, who had finally begun to forgive Hester of her tragic indiscretion. When Hester dies, she is buried in "a new grave near an old and sunken one, in that burial ground beside which King's Chapel has since been built. It was near that old and sunken grave, yet with a space between, as if the dust of the two sleepers had no right to mingle. Yet one tombstone served for both." The tombstone was decorated with a letter "A", for Hester and Dimmesdale.Character ListHester Prynne A young woman sent to the colonies by her husband, who plans to join her later but is presumed lost at sea. She is a symbol of the acknowledged sinner; one whose transgression has been identified and who makes appropriate, socio-religious atonement.（Hester Prynne is the central and most important character in The Scarlet Letter. Hester was married to Roger Chillingworth while living in England and, later, Amsterdam — a city to which many English Puritans moved for religious freedom. Hester preceded her husband to New England, as he had business matters to settle in Amsterdam, and after approximately two years in America she committed adultery with the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale.The novel begins as Hester nears the end of her prison term for adultery. While adultery was considered a grave threat to the Puritan community, such that death was considered a just punishment, the Puritan authorities weighed the long absence and possible death of her husband in their sentence. Thus, they settled on the punishment of permanent public humiliation and moral example: Hester was to forever wear the scarlet letter A on the bodice of her clothing.While seemingly free to leave the community and even America at her will, Hester chooses to stay. As the narrator puts it, "Here, she said to herself, had been the scene of her guilt, and here should be the scene of her earthly punishment; and so, perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul." According to this reasoning, Hester assumes her residence in a small abandoned cottage on the outskirts of the community.While the novel is, in large part, a record of the torment Hester suffers under the burden of her symbol of shame, eventually, after the implied marriage of her daughter Pearl and the death of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale, Hester becomes an accepted and even a highly valued member of the community. Instead of being a symbol of scorn, Hester, and the letter A, according to the narrator, "became a type of something to be sorrowed over, and looked upon with awe, yet with reverence too." The people of the community even come to Hester for comfort and counsel in times of trouble and sorrow because they trust her to offer unselfish advice toward the resolution of upsetting conflict. Thus, in the end, Hester becomes an important figure in preserving the peace and stability of the community.）Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale Dimmesdale is the unmarried pastor of Hester's congregation; he is also the father of Hester's daughter, Pearl. He is a symbol of the secret sinner; one who recognizes his transgression but keeps it hidden and secret, even to his own downfall.（Arthur Dimmesdale is the young, charismatic minister with whom Hester commits adultery. Unlike Hester, who bears the child Pearl by their affair, Dimmesdale shows no outward evidence of his sin, and, as Hester doesnot expose him, he lives with the great anguish of his secret guilt until he confesses publicly and soon after dies near the end of the novel.Dimmesdale is presented as a figure of frailty and weakness in contrast to Hester's strength (both moral and physical), pride, and determination. He consistently refuses to confess his sin (until the end), even though he repeatedly states that it were better, less spiritually painful, if his great failing were known. Thus Dimmesdale struggles through the years and the narrative, enduring and faltering beneath his growing pain (with both the help and harm of Roger Chillingworth), until, after his failed plan to escape to Europe with Hester and Pearl, he confesses and dies.）Pearl Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. She is the living manifestation of Hester's sin and a symbol of the product of the act of adultery and of an act of passion and love.（Pearl is the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Necessarily marginal to Puritan society and scorned by other children, she grows up as an intimate of nature and the forest. Symbolically recreating the scarlet letter, Hester, in opposition to her own drab wardrobe, dresses Pearl in brilliant, decorative clothing such "that there was an absolute circle of radiance about her."Like most characters in The Scarlet Letter, Pearl is complex and contradictory. On the one hand, as the narrator describes, she "could not be made amenable to rules." At one moment in the novel, her disregard of authority takes the form of a violent game where she pretends to destroy the children of the Puritan elders: "the ugliest weeds of the garden [she imagined were the elders'] children, whom Pearl smote down and uprooted, most unmercifully." On the other hand, at a climactic point in the narrative, where Hester discards the scarlet letter on the floor of the forest, it is Pearl who dramatically insists that she resume the potent symbol. The form of her insistence is particularly important, for, against her mother's request, she does not bring the letter to Hester, but obstinately has Hester fetch the letter herself. This moment demonstrates one of the central conflicted themes of the novel about the authoritarian imposition of law and the willing subjection to it, or even embodiment of it. In this scene Pearl becomes the figure of authority to whom Hester willingly, if symbolically, obeys. Pearl eventually leaves with Hester for Europe (though Hester returns), where, it is implied, Pearl stays and, with the aid of Chillingworth's inheritance, is married to nobility.）Roger Chillingworth The pseudonym assumed by Hester Prynne's aged scholar-husband. He is a symbol of evil, of the "devil's handyman," of one consumed with revenge and devoid of compassion.（Roger Chillingworth is the alias of Hester's husband. The two were married in England and moved together to Amsterdam before Hester preceded Chillingworth to America. Chillingworth is a man devoted to knowledge. His outward physical deformity (a hunchback) is symbolic of his devotion to deep, as opposed to superficial, knowledge. His lifelong study of apothecary and the healing arts, first in Europe and later among the Indians of America, is a sincere benevolent exercise until he discovers his wife's infidelity, whereupon he turns his skills toward the evil of revenge.Chillingworth is introduced near the very start of the narrative, where he discovers Hester upon the scaffold with Pearl, the scarlet letter upon her chest, and displayed for public shame. After surviving a shipwreck on his voyage to America, he lived for some time among the Indians and slowly made his way to Boston and Hester. Upon discovering Hester's "ignominious" situation, Chilling-worth declines to announce his identity and instead chooses to reside in Boston to find and avenge himself on Hester's lover. When Dimmesdale becomes ill with the effects of his sin, Chillingworth comes to live with him under the same roof. Reneging on an earlier promise, Hester eventually discloses Chillingworth's identity to Dimmesdale. Soon after Dimmesdale publicly confesses his sin and, as Chillingworth puts it, "Hadst thou sought the whole earth over there was no one place so secret, —no high place nor lowly place, where thou couldst have escaped me, —save on this very scaffold!" Thus, his vengeful victory taken from him, Chillingworth soon dies, though not before leaving all of his substantial wealth to Pearl.）Governor Bellingham This actual historical figure, Richard Bellingham, was elected governor in 1641, 1654, and 1665. In The Scarlet Letter, he witnesses Hester's punishment and is a symbol of civil authority and,combined with John Wilson, of the Puritan Theocracy.Mistress Hibbins Another historical figure, Ann Hibbins, sister of Governor Bellingham, was executed for witchcraft in 1656. In the novel, she has insight into the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale and is a symbol of super or preternatural knowledge and evil powers.John Wilson The historical figure on whom this character is based was an English-born minister who arrived in Boston in 1630. He is a symbol of religious authority and, combined with Governor Bellingham, of the Puritan Theocracy.Character Analysis1.Hester PrynneWhat is most remarkable about Hester Prynne is her strength of character. While Hawthorne does not give a great deal of information about her life before the book opens, he does show her remarkable character, revealed through her public humiliation and subsequent, isolated life in Puritan society. Her inner strength, her defiance of convention, her honesty, and her compassion may have been in her character all along, but the scarlet letter brings them to our attention. She is, in the end, a survivor.Hester is physically described in the first scaffold scene as a tall young woman with a "figure of perfect elegance on a large scale." Her most impressive feature is her "dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam." Her complexion is rich, her eyes are dark and deep, and her regular features give her a beautiful face. In fact, so physically stunning is she that "her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped."Contrast this with her appearance after seven years of punishment for her sin. Her beautiful hair is hidden under her cap, her beauty and warmth are gone, buried under the burden of the elaborate scarlet letter on her bosom. When she removes the letter and takes off her cap in Chapter 13, she once again becomes the radiant beauty of seven years earlier. Symbolically, when Hester removes the letter and takes off the cap, she is, in effect, removing the harsh, stark, unbending Puritan social and moral structure.Hester is only to have a brief respite, however, because Pearl angrily demands she resume wearing the scarlet A. With the scarlet letter and her hair back in place, "her beauty, the warmth and richness of her womanhood, departed, like fading sunshine; and a gray shadow seemed to fall across her." While her punishment changes her physical appearance, it has a far more profound effect on her character.What we know about Hester from the days prior to her punishment is that she came from a "genteel but impoverished English family" of notable lineage. She married the much older Roger Chillingworth, who spent long hours over his books and experiments; yet she convinced herself that she was happy. When they left Amsterdam for the New World, he sent her ahead, but he was reportedly lost at sea, leaving Hester alone among the Puritans of Boston. Officially, she is a widow. While not a Puritan herself, Hester looks to Arthur Dimmesdale for comfort and spiritual guidance. Somewhere during this period of time, their solace becomes passion and results in the birth of Pearl.The reader first meets the incredibly strong Hester on the scaffold with Pearl in her arms, beginning her punishment. On the scaffold, she displays a sense of irony and contempt. The irony is present in the elaborate needlework of the scarlet letter. There are "fantastic flourishes of gold-thread," and the letter is ornately decorative, significantly beyond the colony's laws that call for somber, unadorned attire. The first description of Hester notes her "natural dignity and force of character" and mentions specifically the haughty smile and strong glance that reveal no self-consciousness of her plight. While she might be feeling agony as if "her heart had been flung into the street for them all to spurn and trample upon," her face reveals no such thought, and her demeanor is described as "haughty." She displays a dignity and grace that reveals a deep trust in herself.In this first scene, Dimmesdale implores her to name the father of the baby and her penance may be lightened. Hester says "Never!" When asked again, she says "I will not speak!" While this declaration relieves Dimmesdale and he praises her under his breath, it also shows Hester's determination to stand alone despite the opinion of society. Hester's self-reliance and inner strength are further revealed in her defiance of the law and in her iron will during her confrontation with the governor of the colony.Despite her lonely existence, Hester somehow finds an inner strength to defy both the townspeople and thelocal government. This defiance becomes stronger and will carry her through later interviews with both Chillingworth and Governor Bellingham. Her determination and lonely stand is repeated again when she confronts Governor Bellingham over the issue of Pearl's guardianship. When the governor determines to take Pearl away from her, Hester says, "God gave me the child! He gave her in requital of all things else, which he had taken from me . . . Ye shall not take her! I will die first!" When pressed further with assurances of Pearl's good care, Hester defiantly pleads with him, "God gave her into my keeping. I will not give her up!" Here Hester turns to Dimmesdale for help, the one time in the novel where she does not stand alone.Hester's strength is evident in her dealings with both her husband and her lover. Hester defies Chillingworth when he demands to know the name of her lover. In Chapter 4, when he interviews her in the jail, she firmly says, "Ask me not! That thou shalt never know!" In the forest scene, even Dimmesdale acknowledges that she has the strength he lacks. The minister calls on her to give him strength to overcome his indecisiveness twice in the forest and again as he faces his confession on Election Day.What is the source of this strength? As she walks out on the scaffold at the beginning of the novel, Hester determines that she must "sustain and carry" her burden forward "by the ordinary resources of her nature, or sink with it. She could no longer borrow from the future to help her through the present." Her loneliness is described in the Chapter 5 as she considers how she can support herself and Pearl, a problem that she solves with her needlework. Yet she continues to lack adult companionship throughout her life. She has nothing but her strength of spirit to sustain her. This inner calm is recognized in the changing attitude of the community when they acknowledge that the A is for "Able," "so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength."A second quality of Hester is that she is, above all, honest: She openly acknowledges her sin. In Chapter 17, she explains to Dimmesdale that she has been honest in all things except in disclosing his part in her pregnancy. "A lie is never good, even though death threaten on the other side!" She also explains to Chillingworth that, even in their sham of a marriage, "thou knowest that I was frank with thee. I felt no love, nor feigned any." She kept her word in carrying her husband's secret identity, and she tells the minister the truth only after she is released from her pledge. This life of public repentance, although bitter and difficult, helps her retain her sanity while Dimmesdale seems to be losing his.Finally, Hester becomes an angel of mercy who eventually lives out her life as a figure of compassion in the community. Hester becomes known for her charitable deeds. She offers comfort to the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden. When the governor is dying, she is at his side. "She came, not as a guest, but as a rightful inmate, into the household that was darkened by trouble." Yet Hester's presence is taken for granted, and those that she helps do not acknowledge her on the street.Hawthorne attributes this transformation to her lonely position in the world and her suffering. No friend, no companion, no foot crossed the threshold of her cottage. In her solitude, she had a great deal of time to think. Also, Hester has Pearl to raise, and she must do so amid a great number of difficulties. Her shame in the face of public opinion, her loneliness and suffering, and her quiet acceptance of her position make her respond to the calamities of others.In the end, Hester's strength, honesty, and compassion carry her through a life she had not imagined. While Dimmesdale dies after his public confession and Chillingworth dies consumed by his own hatred and revenge, Hester lives on, quietly, and becomes something of a legend in the colony of Boston. The scarlet letter made her what she became, and, in the end, she grew stronger and more at peace through her suffering.2.Arthur DimmesdaleDimmesdale, the personification of "human frailty and sorrow," is young, pale, and physically delicate. He has large, melancholy eyes and a tremulous mouth, suggesting great sensitivity. An ordained Puritan minister, he is well educated, and he has a philosophical turn of mind. There is no doubt that he is devoted to God, passionate in his religion, and effective in the pulpit. He also has the principal conflict in the novel, and his agonized suffering is the direct result of his inability to disclose his sin.Of the four major characters in this novel, which investigates the nature of evil and sin and is a criticism of Puritan rigidity and intolerance, Dimmesdale is the only Puritan. One really cannot understand Dimmesdale or his dilemma without at least a cursory understanding of the Puritans who inhabited Boston at this time (see theessay "The Puritan Community" in the Critical Essays) and Hawthorne's psychological perspective through which he presents this tragic character.In Puritan terms, Dimmesdale's predicament is that he is unsure of his soul's status: He is exemplary in performing his duties as a Puritan minister, an indicator that he is one of the elect; however, he knows he has sinned and considers himself a hypocrite, a sign he is not chosen. The vigils he keeps are representative of this inward struggle to ascertain his heavenly status, the status of his very soul. Note that Hawthorne says of Dimmesdale's nightly vigils, which are sometimes in darkness, sometimes in dim light, and sometimes by the most powerful light which he could throw upon it, "He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured . . ."Finally, to add to the Dimmesdale dilemma, the Puritans — therefore, Dimmesdale — did not believe that good works or moral living earned salvation for the individual. As Dimmesdale states, "There is no substance in it [good works]." (Hester, who is not Puritan, believes that Dimmesdale's good works should bring him peace.) The Puritan reasoning was that, if one could earn his/her way into heaven, God's sovereignty is diminished. Since God created the soul and infused it in the human body, salvation is predestined. They reasoned that the elect — that is, God's chosen people — would not or could not commit evil acts; they would act the role, as it were; thus, Dimmesdale's dilemma.As a minister, Dimmesdale has a voice that consoles and an ability to sway audiences. His congregation adores him and his parishioners seek his advice. As a minister, Dimmesdale must be above reproach, and there is no question that he excels at his profession and enjoys a reputation among his congregation and other ministers. His soul aside, he does do good works. His ministry aids people in leading good lives. If he publicly confesses, he loses his ability to be effective in this regard.For Dimmesdale, however, his effectiveness betrays his desire to confess. The more he suffers, the better his sermons become. The more he whips himself, the more eloquent he is on Sunday and the more his congregation worships his words. Nevertheless, Hawthorne states in Chapter 20, "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."Dimmesdale's struggle is dark and his penance is horrifying as he tries to unravel his mystery. In Chapter 11, "The Interior of a Heart," Dimmesdale struggles with his knowledge of his sin, his inability to disclose it to Puritan society, and his desire for penance. He knows his actions have fallen short of both God's standards and his own, and he fears this represents his lack of salvation. In an attempt to seek salvation, he fasts until he faints and whips himself on the shoulders until he bleeds. But these punishments are done in private rather than in public and do not provide the cleansing Dimmesdale seeks and needs.As a sinner, he is weakened to temptation. As demonstrated later, his weakened condition makes it easier for him to associate himself with the Black Man in the forest. His congregation expects him to be above other mortals, and his life and thoughts must exist on a higher spiritual plane than others. Accordingly, his wonderful sermons are applauded by all for a reason his listeners don't understand: Sin and agony have enabled the intellectual scholar-minister to recognize and empathize with other sinners.In the forest scene, Dimmesdale evidently realizes that he is human and should ask forgiveness and do penance openly. On the way home, he sees how far his defenses have been breached by evil. These thoughts explain why he can so easily write his Election Day sermon, which is filled with the passion of his struggle and his humanity.Dimmesdale's confession in the third scaffold scene and the climax of the story is the action that ensures his salvation. The reader senses that whether chosen or earned, Dimmesdale's salvation is a reality. Having had several opportunities to confess, without success until this scene, true to his nature if not his ministry, he asks God's forgiveness not only for himself, but also for Chillingworth, who confirms the minister's triumph when he laments, "Thou hast escaped me! . . . Thou hast escaped me!" Dimmesdale's confession also brings about Pearl's humane metamorphosis.In the long run, Dimmesdale has not the strength of Hester Prynne or her honesty. He cannot stand alone to confess. In death, perhaps he will find a gentler judgment that his own or that of his fellow citizens of Boston.。

TheScarletLetter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。

2023年英语红字读后感整理

让知识带有温度。

2023年英语红字读后感整理英语红字读后感《红字》叙述了发生在北美殖民时期的.恋爱悲剧。

女仆人公海丝特·白兰嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯故事，共享了英语《红字》的（读后感），欢迎阅读！英语红字读后感2The Scarlet Letter is the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthornes most outstanding representative of the United States as a whole romantic story in the most prestigious works of one of the authority.s Novel The story takes place in the mid-seventeenth century Calvin who were under the rule of the Boston, the author At that time, the social status quo from the start, through a touching love story to expose the tragedy of the spirit of the people, spiritual and moral destruction.Hester Prynne is a marriage was on the unfortunate women, young and beautiful, but married to a physical deformity of the sick patients Shiluo Jie Ling Qi Worth, a lack of love between husband and wife, and later, Roger Also missing at sea, Yaowuyinxun, Prynne lived a lonely life. At this time there is a handsome and ambitious young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale into her life, they are sincere love, time After a period of privacy but warm love life. In the near future, Blenheim pregnant as a result of the hidden exposure to the crime of adultery was arrested, in prison, gave birth to a daughter, Pearl small.At that time, in accordance with the rules, the only explanation adulterer Prynnes name in order to be pardoned, they would be punished.第1页/共3页千里之行，始于足下。

《红字》英文介绍

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (纳撒尼尔·霍桑) An American novelist and short story writer His fiction works are . considered dark romanticism（黑色浪漫主义）
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As time goes by, Hester has added to the letter another meaning through her own efforts.
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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.”
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红字梗概

In order to carry out his evil plan smoothly, the scholar changes his original name into Roger Chillingworth. As time goes by, Hester’s charitable（乐善好施的） deeds and quiet humility（谦逊的) have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. However,at the same time both of Dimmesdale’s physical and spiritual states deteriorate（恶化）. To make things worse, Chillingworth has discovered that the young minister（牧师） is just the adulterer(奸夫）. By taking full advantage of being a physician, chillingworth continuously adds psychological torments(折磨） to the clergyman. Eventually, the poor creature cannot bear the sin rooting deeply in his heart and commits his adultery with Hester in front of the town people. Soon after confession, Dimmesdale dies at the scaffold（绞刑架）. The novel ends up with Hester and Dimmesdale share a same tombstone（墓碑） bearing a scarlet letter A.

红字

乐之后，反倒由被害者堕落成“最坏的罪人”。
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海丝特·白兰是有形的红字。由于她的含辛茹苦、助人为
• 乐等种两美德，使她胸前的红字不再是“奸” Brave (adultery)的耻
辱徽记，面成了“能干”(Able)，甚至“值得尊敬”(Admiral)
“罪孽”，但他的这种愿望过多地同“赎罪”‘内省”等宗教意
识纠缠在一起，因此行动上也只能处处受其局绊。他既要受内心
• Minister（牧师）
• a devoted servant of God
• gloomy, weak-minded , selfish 的谴责，又要防外界的窥测；他明明有自己的爱，却偏偏要把这 • suffering from experience of physical 种感情视同邪魔。 and spiritual disintegration
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• 像一切与罪恶二字息息相关的事物一样，这座监狱似乎从来不曾经历过自己的青春韶华。从这座丑陋的大房子门前，一直到轧着车辙的街道，有一片草地，上面过于繁茂
地簇生着牛蒡、茨藜、毒莠等等这类不堪入目的杂草，这些杂草显然在这块土地上找
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印象深刻的话语
1. 当一个微小的火种慢慢地在心里闪烁，最终蔓延成为燃烧的火焰；当一个并不清晰的潜意识渐渐地野蛮生长，成为了明确的意志；我想，就是作出改变的时候了。
简介
《红字》讲述了17世纪清教殖民统治下，在波士顿发生的一个恋爱悲剧。女主人公海丝特·白兰嫁给了医生奇灵渥斯，奇灵渥斯遭遇海难，白兰以为他在海难中已经遭遇不幸。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。然而海丝特坚贞不屈，拒不说出孩子的父亲。后来丈夫齐灵渥斯却平安地回到了新英格兰，并隐瞒了自己的身份。当他查出白兰的情人是丁梅斯代尔，齐灵渥斯便开始折磨

红字的故事梗概简短英文版

红字的故事梗概简短英文版In a small, close-knit village, there lived a young woman named Lily. She was known for her fiery red hair, which stood out among the sea of black and brown tresses. However, this uniqueness had always made her feel like an outcast.One day, an old woman named Martha came to the village, claiming to possess magical powers. She could see the future and offered to read people's fortunes. Lily, curious and hoping for guidance, approached Martha.As Martha laid out the tarot cards, she stared at Lily's red hair intently. "Ah, the red brings both blessings and curses," she said mysteriously. "Beware of the power it holds."Intrigued, Lily asked for more details. Martha explained that her red hair was a sign of great strength and passion. It would bring her success and admiration but also envy and jealousy from others. If she wanted to live a peaceful life, Martha warned, she must never let her hair turn into a symbol of greed or arrogance.From that day on, Lily learned to embrace her red hair. She saw it as a gift, a charming feature that made her unique. People started to appreciate her fiery nature and sought her advice. Lily blossomed as she learned to balance her strength with humility.Years passed, and the village faced a terrible drought. Crops withered, and people lost hope. Lily, filled with compassion, decided to help her fellow villagers. She rallied everyone together, organizing a collective effort to dig wells and find alternative water sources. Her red hair shone brightly as a symbol of hope and determination.As the village recovered from the drought, Lily's hair became legendary. It symbolized not only her beauty but also her selflessness and leadership. She became a respected figure, known for her unwavering courage and ability to bring positive change.In the end, Lily's red hair didn't bring her envy or hatred. Instead, it became a beacon of inspiration and a reminder that our unique qualities should be embraced rather than feared.。

文学红字

《红字》故事梗概
• 女主人公海斯特跟丈夫从英国移居到美国的波士顿，途中丈夫被印第安人俘虏。只身来到美国后，海丝特被青年牧师丁梅斯代尔诱骗怀孕。虚伪的清教徒社会视此事为大逆不道，为此州长亲自主持了对海丝特的审讯。牧师丁梅斯代尔也假惺惺地劝她交代出奸夫的名字，但海斯特愿意一个人承担，不愿交代。作为惩罚，她要终生佩带象征耻辱的红色的A字并游街示众。她靠刺绣为生，抚养珠儿。不屈不挠，忍辱负重，牧师大为感动，也大受刺激，不久就病倒了。他的丈夫奇灵渥斯是个丑陋年老又残疾的医生，通过给牧师治病，他基本已了解了真相，伺机报复。海丝特和牧师想要逃跑已过上新生活，却被医生识破，于是，丁梅斯代尔宣布了自己诱骗海丝特的事实，并死去。海丝特终生佩戴“A”字，但她却用善良与善行赢得了人们的尊敬。而海丝特的丈夫却在复仇心理的驱动下完全丧失了人性，在道德上完全堕落，也毁掉了自己的生活。
Wuthering Height
• It was a story about love and revenge • Difference: Refinement of religion VS different social status • Similarity: revenge and end up ruined
• Whatever，true love is worth seeking and expecting. • I wish all of you happiness
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the central subject of Hawthorne’s major works was about human soul. He showed a great interest in the moral problems, which can be reflected in his works, such as adultery, murder, and crime. He wanted to explore the results of sin, which was distinguished from his contemporaries, and his talent to deal with such problems made him successful and become an evergreen in AL.