《红字》中海斯特的反抗精神分析 Analysis of the Hester’s Spirit of Resistance in The Scarlet Letter

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1、AnalysisoftheHester’sSpiritofResistanceinTheScarletLetterTheScarletLetterisregardedastherepresentativeworkofNathanielHawthorne.AsthefirstsymbolismnovelinAmerica,ItplaysaveryimportantroleinAmericanliteraryhistory.Inthisoutstandingnovel,Hawthornepresentedusabeautifulandsadlovestoryinthe17thcen

2、turyofpuritanEngland.Theauthorsuccessfullycreatedarebelliousimage----theheroineHesterPrynne.TherearevariousanalysesofHester’scharacterafterthepopulationofthegreatnovelaroundtheworld.TheScarletLetterisaboutarebelliousfemale-heistnovel.ItrevealedtheheroineHester’sspiritofresistancetothecruelso

3、cietyandtheunfairfatebythedescriptionoftragiclifeoftheheroineandthereproductionofthesituationofwomeninPuritansociety(Liyexia,198).Theheroine’sbehaviorinfuriatedthewholesociety,butthepunishmentwhichwasgiventoHesterbroughtpositiveeffect.Ourbraveheroinefirmlybelievedthatshewasinnocentandherlove

4、withthehero--Arthurwasholyandpure.Nothingcanpreventtheyfromfallinginloveandnobodyhadrighttopunishthem.Duringthetimeshewasisolatedbythecitizens,sheneverchangedhismind.Thatwasakindofrebellingwhichwasexpressedbysilence(Xielanwei,3).Inmypointofview,theHester’srebelliousspiritmainlyembodiedinthre

5、erespects.Firstly,shehasthecouragetopursuetrueloveintheconservativesociety.Thisisakindofrebellingtolovelessmarriage.EvenherhusbandwhowasregardedkilledbyIndiancameback.Hesterwasstillinsistedonherlove.Shebelievedthatwomanhastherighttoseekherloveandhappiness.Thepeoplewhofellinlovewiththeirfaith

6、fulheartswereinnocent.Whenthefatearrangedherakindoflovelessmarriage,shecouldshouted‘No’andrebeltotheunfairdestiny.Whenshewasbroughttotrailevenwasthreatenedbydeath,Hesterinsistedinhermind.Sherefusedtospeakouttheman’sname,thechild’sfather.Sheusedherownwaytoprotectherloveratallcost.Becauseshekn

7、ewthatifshespokeoutthenameofthatman,theirlovewouldbecompletelydestroyedbytheterriblesociety,hislover’sreputationstatusanddignitywouldcollapse.Soshemadethechoiceofbearingallthepainandtakingalltheresponsibilitybyherself.That’sherwaytoseekfreedomandha