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1、PuritanismintheScarletLetter,英美文学论文PuritanisminTheScarletLetterAbstractTheScarletLetter,NathanielHawthorne’srepresentativework,isaclassicalnovelinAmericanliteratureinthe19thcentury.ThenoveldisplaysPuritanism’sgreatimpactonpeople'slifeandthought.Thisthesis
2、willgiveapictureofpuritans’lifeandideologythroughtheanalysisofthePuritantownBostonandsomerelatedcharacters,andintroducehowthecommunitiesinthetownaredeeplyinfluencedbyPuritanism.Meanwhile,byanalyzingthemaincharacterHester,thethesiswillpresenttheharshnessan
3、dthestrictpunishmentinPuritansociety.InPuritancommunities,whoevercommitsasinwillbepunished.ThethesisalsopresentsHawthorne’sattitudetowardsPuritanism.Ononehand,heappreciatesthePuritanthoughtandvalue;ontheotherhand,hecondemnsthenegativeimpactofPuritansociet
4、yonpeople’sspirit.KeyWords: Puritanism,NathanielHawthorne,TheScarletLetter,Boston，Hester论《红字》的清教观内容提要霍桑的代表作〈〈红字〉〉是19世纪美国文学史上的一本古典小说。〈〈红字〉〉表现了清教主义传统在人们思想上和生活上的烙印，使人们对18世纪的美国社会有了一定的了解。在当时，一切都受到宗教的束缚，宗教有着神圣不可侵犯的权威。本论文通过对一些主要人物和波士顿小镇的分析向人们展示了清教徒的思想和他们的生活方式。交代
5、了小镇上人们深受清教主义的影响。通过对主人公海丝特等人的分析揭示了清教社会的严酷以及严厉的刑罚制度。任何人无论谁犯了错都要受到惩罚。霍桑在一定程度上也受到清教主义的影响。一方面他肯定了宗教思想与价值，另一方面批判了清教社会对人的精神的负面影响。关键词：清教主义；纳撒尼尔·霍桑；〈〈红字〉〉；波士顿；海斯特Chapter1Ⅰ.IntroductionA. PuritansNathanielHawthorne’sTheScarletLetterwaswrittenin18thcentury.Thesett
6、ingofTheScarletLetterisinthe17thcenturyinBoston,America.BeforeproceedingtotheanalysisofthePuritanisminthenovel,somefundamentaldefinitionsneedtobeestablished.WhowerethePuritans?WhendidtheyarriveintheNewWorld—America?Howabouttheirideologyandlifestyle?Howabo
7、uttheauthor?Puritanisthenamegiveninthe16thcenturytothemoreextremeProtestantswithintheChurchofEngland.TheseProtestantsthoughttheEnglishReformationhadnotgonefarenoughinreformingthedoctrinesandstructureofthechurch.Theywantedtopurifytheirchurch.Inthe17thcentu
8、rymanyPuritansimmigratedtotheNewWorld,wheretheysoughttofoundaholyCommonwealthinNewEngland.“ThePuritansdidnotallowreligiousdissent(holdingdifferentreligiousbelief).Theyinsistedthathighposition,andachievementsweresign
