英美文学

故事简介

故事发生在清教主义色彩浓厚，曾发生“塞勒姆”惨案的塞姆勒镇。主人公布朗受到恶魔蛊惑，在新婚不久的夜晚独自一人前往森林赴约。在旅行的途中他多次徘徊不定，想回到妻子费斯的怀抱。当他来到森林的中间的聚会时，却被人们的虚伪堕落而震惊。在那里没有好坏之分，没有善恶之分，人们只追求身体上的愉悦与享受。自此布朗终日郁郁寡欢，失去了信仰，终于抑郁而终。

The story， happened in the Salem town, which is full of the color of puritanism. Brown was deluded by the evil and went to the forest alone after three months marriage. He was wandering through the forest several times during the travel. Whether should he go back or keep going. He found that there is no good or evil in the forest. The people around him， was obsessed with corruption. After Brown went back, he lost his faith and die with severely depression.

写作手法

1.矛盾的宗教观 ambivalent religious outlook His Puritan outlook:

Brown strongly believed that “the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones.”(一代人犯下的错误会延

续给下一代)

Brown‟s travel was seduced by the evil to follow the elder generation‟s experience. When he was wandering whether should he go back, the evil said “…Such company，thou wouldest say，‟ observed the elder person， interpreting his pause. …well said，Goodman Brown！I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the puritans.”

布朗的父辈早就踏入过森林之旅，并犯下了塞勒姆驱巫案和印第安种族迫害案。其父辈的错误延续给了布朗，使布朗遭受恶魔的引诱重复了父辈的森林之旅。Brown‟s elder generation had made some mistakes, which is the persecution of Quakes and the Salem witchcraft trails. And the wrong doing of that generations pass onto Brown.

另一方面，在霍桑的作品中，“原罪”是永恒的创作主题，霍桑认为人是天生有罪的，并竭力在小说中描写和刻画隐藏在人们内心中的罪恶。霍桑认为罪恶是人们的天性，人生来就有罪，但善恶并存，只有战胜原罪才能获得救赎。

On the other hand, Hawthorn insisted that there is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life, but circumstances may rouse it to activity. Besides, he also pointed out that evil is man‟s

birthmark, something he is born with. Hence, they should obey God to atone for their sins.

In almost every book he wrote, he discusses sin and evil.

禁不住恶魔诱惑而去参加森林聚会就是受到原罪的驱使。在森林的旅途上，布朗多次徘徊不定，想回到费斯的身边，表现了布朗心中对善的向往，此时他的心中善与恶的力量不断斗争，善恶并存。

During the travel, he wants to come back to meet Faith, which shows his goodness. At this time, the good will in his mind is fighting with the evil.

当布朗赶到聚会，看到人们虚伪的丑恶嘴脸时，他的精神为之崩溃，而当他看到妻子费斯也来参加聚会时，他的信仰坍塌了，布朗彻底失去了对宗教、对社会以及对家庭的信仰，最终善的力量消失，布朗被恶魔所控制。但他不愿活在罪恶之中，只能选择心灵的死亡，达到自我救赎。Eventually, when he made it to the party, he found the hypocrisy, ugly and evil aspect of human beings. His faith collapsed. What is worse, he noticed that his wife also come here. At last, he lost all of his faith in religion, society and family. And the goodness in his mind disappeared. Therefore, he was controlled by the evil. However, he didn‟t want to live in the shadow of evil. He cannot do anything but to die. For doing this, he can atone for the sins.