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1、霍桑《红字》的象征意义微探TheDeepMeaningofScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorneContentsAbstractandkeywords……………………………………………………1ITheExperiencesoftheAuthor.............................................…………...............2IIPlotOverviewandMainCharacters………………………………………….3IIISymbols………………
2、………………………………………………………….9IVTheContentoftheDeepMeaningoftheScarletLetter………………………….12VConclusion……………………………………………………………………..17Reference…………………………………….…………………………………18第20页共20页TheDeepMeaningofScarletLetterbyNathanielHawthorne摘要:霍桑的成名作《红字》描写在北美殖民地的教区,一个年轻的神父丁梅斯戴尔与少妇海丝特相爱,
3、并有了一个女儿小珠儿,这种行为触犯了加尔文教第七条戒律,被判被通奸罪,并要佩带代表这一意思的红字“A”。虽然海丝特拒不吐露同犯,但是,海丝特的丈夫齐林沃斯,一个伪善的学者开始了他罪恶的报复,他刺探他妻子的情人的内心并使其遭受精神折磨,神父最终吐露真情,并死在海丝特的怀抱。海丝特胸前的“A”字有着丰富的象征含义,并有着演变过程,从通奸(Adultery),到能干(Able),再到天使(Angel),总之,海丝特的一生由红字浓缩;同时红字还被人们理解为原罪(Apple),反映人生来而罪恶,它还反映了作为社会的人和自然人的冲突;另外
4、,霍桑无疑还从女性主义角度,对男权社会中两性的不平等进行揭露;它也是美国(American)的象征。这个模糊,隐晦的“A”字,它是一种Ambiguity,Abstract,指引着我们不断探索其象征意义。本文将通过对《红字》中各人物的分析,对于社会,人性,罪恶等的关系的阐述,初步讲述一些红字“A”的象征意义。 关键词:人物象征罪恶社会女性主义意识美国Abstract:ThefamousworkThescarletletterwrittenbyNathanielHawthornedescribestheyoungministerD
5、immesdaleandamarriedwomanfellinlovewitheachotherintheNorthAmericacolony,andtheyhadadaughternamedPearl,itwasareligiousstate,thisdoingcommittedadulterywhichwastheseventhcrimebythePuritan,andHesterwasforcedtowearthescarletletter“A”whichmeansAdultery.ThoughHesterrefused
6、totellhercoaclulterer,herhusbandChillingworthwhowasahypocrisyscholarlustedinrevengetotheloverofhiswife.Heobservedhisinnerthoughtmovementsandmadehiminspirituallyself--torture.DimmesdaleadmittedtobeingPearl’sfatherattheveryendofthenovel,andrevealsthathehadascarletlett
7、erbrandedintohisflesh.HedieduponthescaffoldwhileholdingHester'shand.ThescarletletterAuponHester’sbreastisrichinsymbolismmeaning,andhadadevelopingprocess.Atthebeginning,itmeansAdultery,thenitwastakenasAble,finallyitwasseenasAngel,inshort,thewholelifeofHesterwasdistil
8、ledasascarletletter“A”;Atthesametime,Aalsotakenas“originalsin”(Apple).Italsoshowedthecontradictionofpeopleinsocietyandinnature;Additionall
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