小说红字(英文版)

Boston, Setting of The Scarlet Letter
Salem, Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Family background
• Ancestors: A judge relate to the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 (塞勒姆驱巫 案件） • Father: Died when he was only four • Mother: Relied on relatives in rearing the children • A family with a long Puritan (清教徒） tradition.
• In 1852, he wrote the campaign biography of his old friend Franklin Pierce. • Hawthorne was rewarded in 1853 with the position of United States consul in Liverpool. • In 1857, his appointment ended; • He died in 1864, a few years after returning to America.
C7&C8:the government‗s hall & the elf-child and the minister
• Community officials attempted to take Pearl away from Hester. • With the help of Arthur Dimmesdale Hester and Pearl managed to stay together.
A man in the crowd told an elderly onlooker that Hester was punished for adultery（通奸 罪）
C3:the recognition
Who is the elderly onlooker??
• Hester’s missing husband !!!
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.
C11:the interior of a heart
• Dimmesdale’s psychological anguish deepened, and he invented 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.
to keep the reader in the world of uncertainty – multiple point of view
Background & Plot summary
Presenter：梁艳婷（33号）
Background
• 19th century
• Politics: Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation. • Economics: the spread of industrialism, the sudden influx of immigration, and the development of Westward Movement produced an economic boon. • Culture: American English began; many magazines newspapers appeared; Transcendentalism widely spread. • Religion: Puritanism became popular.
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In a Puritan community such as Hester’s, no aspect of life was truly private.
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People kept a close watch on their neighbors.
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Hester
Pearl
revenge
Plot
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)
Major Themes of His WHale Waihona Puke Baidurks
• • • • • Sin and Evil History and Antiquity Alienation Puritan New England Other themes
Style – a typical romantic writer
a man of literary craftsmanship，extraordinary in
Author：Nathaniel Hawthorne
Presenter：区海怡（35号）
Nathaniel Hawthorne
• • • • Introduction Family background & life experiences Works Writing theme/style
Introduction
• The Birth-Mark 《胎记》(1843) • Rappaccini’s Daughter 《拉帕奇尼的女儿》(1844) • My Kinsman, Major Molineux 《我的亲戚莫里诺少校》(1832) • The Minister’s Black Veil 《教长的黑面纱》(1836) • Young Goodman Brown《好小伙子布朗》 (1835)
the use of symbol the use of ambiguity revelation of characters’ psychology the use of supernatural
The symbol serves as a weapon to attack reality. It can be found everywhere in his writing
Born:July 4, 1804, Salem, Mass., U.S Died: May 19, 1864, Plymouth, N.H. Occupation: U.S. novelist and short-story writer Literary genre: Romanticism
Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Hester and pearl lived in a small cottage on the outskirts of Boston. • Hester supported herself by working as a seamstress, and Pearl grew into a willful, impish child.
C12:The minister‘s vigil
C9&C10:The leech & the leech and his patient
• Dimmesdale appeared to be wasting away and suffered from mysterious heart trouble. • Chillingworth attached himself to Dimmesdale and lived with him so that he could provide his patient with round-the-clock care .Roger detected the minister as the lover and kept haunting his mind and soul.
Every member of the community was held to strict standards of behavior.
Puritans sought the freedom to live by theirs beliefs.
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However, the Puritan leaders did not tolerate religious beliefs that differed from their own.
recognized
C4：the interview
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Her husband disguised himself as a doctor and changed his name to Roger Chillingworth. She was asked to keep secrete.
C5&C6: Hester at her needle & Pearl
Presenter :杨锦萍 （05号）
C1&C2:The prison door & the market place
• 17th C Boston, • Hester was led from the town prison.
C1&C2:The prison door & the market place
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.
The Scarlet ——Hawthorne Letter L
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LOADING LOADING
Hester
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Dimmesdale
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Chillingworth
Pearl
Outline
• • • • • • • 1.Author 2.Background 3.plot summary 4.Plot 5.Analysis of characters 6.Theme 7.Artistic Features
economics
politics
Romanticism
culture
religion
Background
17th century ,Boston, Massachusetts Puritans North America
Life in Colonies was hash, but it gave the Puritans the opportunity to form a society based on their religious ideals.