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1、Hawthorne’sThoughtsinTheScarletLetter 【Abstract】TheScarletLetter,NathanielHawthorne’srepresentativework,isaclassicalnovelinAmericanliteratureinthe19thcentury.Ithasadeepideologicalcontent.Inthisworks,wemaydiscoverthatHawthorne'sthoughtisinfluencedbythePu
2、ritanism.Therefore,hisworkhashisowncharming,fullofthecolorofmysticismanddespondent,whichleadspeopleintowonderland,andprovidesmuchfoodforthought. 【Keywords】NathanielHawthorne;thoughts;Puritanism 【摘要】霍桑的代表作《?t字》是19世紀(jì)美國文學(xué)史上的一本古典小說。該小說有很深的思想性。在作品中可以發(fā)現(xiàn)霍桑的思想
3、深受清教主義的影響。正因如此,他的作品獨(dú)具魅力,充滿了神秘、抑郁的色彩,引人入勝,回味無窮?! 娟P(guān)鍵詞】納撒尼爾?霍桑思想清教主義 ?、?TheIntroductionofNathanielHawthorneandTheScarletLetter NathanielHawthorne(1804―1864)wasborninSalem,MassachusettsonJuly4,1804.Helovesunshakenfreedomandsolitude,andmeanwhilehewasinfluen
4、cedbytheformedreligiousthoughtbystudingthehistoryofthepuritans.Hawthorne’sthoughtwasfullofcontradictions.Hawthorne’sthoughtwasinfluencedbyPuritanismandtranscendentalism.Healsousedsymbolismandimagination,whichmadehisworksfullofmysticalcolor. InTheScarlet
5、Letter,therearefourmaincharacters:HesterPrynne,Pearl,Dimmesdale,andchillingworth.Hesterwasastrong―willedgirl.Whenstillyoung,shedidn’tknowwhatloveisandmarriedChillingworth.LaterherhusbanddisappearedinexplicablywhenHestermovedtoNewEnglandinherloneliness;sh
6、efellinlovewithDimmesdale,theyoungandhandsomeclergyman.Becausesheconceivedababy,hersecretlovewasexposedandwasputintoprisonandwasforcedtowearascarletletter“A”onherclothesallherlifewhichmean“Adultery”.FinallyHesterwonpeople’sloveandrespectthroughherhardwor
7、kandhonestyandbravery. ?、?PuritanismreflectedinTheScarletletter InTheScarletLetter,whileHawthornegaveasharprepudiationtoreligionsasceticism,hedidn’tdenyChristianity.Theheroandheroine:DimmesdaleandHesteraretypicalHawthorne’scharacterswhodidgooddeedstopeo
8、plewhiletheywereburdenedwithsin.TheseaccordswithPuritanismthatbelievesthatmanisevil,butcandogooddeedstogetridofevilinhisheart.BothHesterandDimmesdaleareidealcharactersthataccordwiththeChristianitywhichpraisesthegooddeedsin