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1、Nottobeconfusedwith TheScarletLetters.Thisarticleisaboutthenovel.Forthefilms,see TheScarletLetter(film).TheScarletLetter isan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenby NathanielHawthorne.Itisconsideredtobehis magnumopus.[1] Setin17th-century Puritan Boston duringtheye
2、ars1642to1649,ittellsthestoryof HesterPrynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeof repentance anddignity.Throughoutthebook,Hawthorneexploresthemesof legalism,sin,andguilt.Thestorystartsduringthesummerof1642,nearBoston,Massachusetts,inaPuritan
3、village.Ayoungwoman,namedHesterPrynne,hasbeenledfromthetownprisonwithherinfantdaughterinherarms,andonthebreastofhergown"aragofscarletcloth"that"assumedtheshapeofaletter."Itistheuppercaseletter"A."TheScarletLetter"A"representstheactofadulterythatshehascommittedanditistobeasymbolofh
4、ersin—abadgeofshame—foralltosee.Aman,whoiselderlyandastrangertothetown,entersthecrowdandasksanotheronlookerwhat'shappening.ThesecondmanrespondsbyexplainingthatHesterisbeingpunishedforadultery.Hester'shusband,whoismucholderthanshe,andwhoserealnameisunknown,hassentheraheadtoAmericaw
5、hilstsettlingaffairsinEurope.However,herhusbanddoesnotarriveinBostonandtheconsensusisthathehasbeenlostatsea.Itisapparentthat,whilewaitingforherhusband,Hesterhashadanaffair,leadingtothebirthofherdaughter.Shewillnotrevealherlover'sidentity,however,andthescarletletter,alongwithhersub
6、sequentpublicshaming,isthepunishmentforhersinandsecrecy.Onthisday,Hesterisledtothetownscaffoldandharanguedbythetownfathers,butsheagainrefusestoidentifyherchild'sfather.[2]TheelderlyonlookerisHester'smissinghusband,whoisnowpracticingmedicineandcallinghimselfRogerChillingworth.Herev
7、ealshistrueidentitytoHesterandmedicatesherdaughter.TheyhaveafrankdiscussionwhereChillingworthstatesthatitwasfoolishandwrongforacold,oldintellectuallikehimtomarryayounglivelywomanlikeHester.Heexpresslystatesthathethinksthattheyhavewrongedeachotherandthatheisevenwithher—herloverisac
8、ompletelydifferentmatter.Hesterre
