Analysis of Hester’s character 红字中海斯特的性格分析

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1、AbstractAsoneoftheworld’smostfamouswritersand“theShakespeareofAmerican”NathanielHawthorneplayedacriticalroleinthehighlightofromanticnovel.Asatrailblazerofwritingromanticnovelwithpsychologyanalysis,HisrepresentativeworkScarletLetterboostedhimintheliterarycreation.AndTheScarletLetterhaswinedth

2、eworld-wideattention.EspeciallythefemaleprotagonistHesterPrynnehasattractedlargenumbersofscholarstoanalysishercharacters.ThispaperisdeterminedtodetectthecharactersofHesterthroughthreeapproacheswhichareherlifeexperience,herdaughterandthesocialenvironmentshelivesin.TheresultwegetisthatHesteris

3、apure,courageous,andkind-heartedwomanwhosespirithasenlightenedagenerationofwomenwholivedinthedarkcorneroftheworld.Keywords: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。霍桑是将心理分析融进浪漫主义小说的创始人。他的代表作“红字”更是吸引了世界范围内人们的注意。而女主人公海斯特更是吸引着无数学者研究她的性格，对她的各种分析也是屡见不鲜。本论文将从海斯特的生活经验，家庭以及生

4、存环境来分析她独特的性格。得出的结论是她是一位纯洁，勇敢，善良的女性并且激励者一代又一代生活在黑暗处的女性。关键字：海斯特；纯洁；勇敢；善良1.IntroductionofthenovelandtheauthorNathanielHawthornewasborninSalem,Massachusetts.Someofhisancestorsweremenofprominenceinthepuritantheocracyofseventeenth-centuryNewEngland.Oneofthemwasacolonialmagistrate,notoriousforhispa

5、rtinthepersecutionoftheQuakers.YoungHawthornewasintenselyawareofthemisdeedsofhispuritanancestors,andthisawarenessledtohisunderstandingofevilbeingatthecoreofhumanlife.Allhislife,Hawthorneseemstobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.Readinghistalesandromances,onecannotbutbeoverwhelmedbythe“bac

6、k”visionwhichtheseworksreveal.AndhisrepresentativenovelScarletLetteristhebestembodimentofthisviewpoint.ThewayinwhichHawthornewroteTheScarletLettersuggeststhatAmericanRomanticismadapteditselftoAmericanPuritanmoralism.Inthenovel,whatHawthornepredominantlyconcernedwithwasthemoral,emotional,andp

7、sychologicaleffectofthesinonthepeopleingeneralandthosecomplicatedinitinparticular.TheScarletLetterisnotapraiseofaHesterPrynnesinning,butahymnonthemoralgrowthofwomanwhensinnedagainst.Hawthorne’sflairofsymbolismandsupernaturalinthenovelgreatlyshowshi