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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheImageofHesterintheScarletLetter論文摘要霍桑的《紅字》,是美國(guó)19世紀(jì)文學(xué)史上的經(jīng)典作品,這篇著作反映了清教思想對(duì)人生活思想的影響。本篇著作的背景發(fā)生在波士頓一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上,介紹了這個(gè)地區(qū)的人是如何被清教所影響的,其中女主角海斯特·白蘭和鎮(zhèn)上受人尊敬的牧師丁梅斯代爾通奸并生下女兒珠兒,作為懲罰,她被戴上紅字“A”——“Adultery”的象征。本文通過(guò)分析海斯特的性格,也展現(xiàn)了清教法規(guī)苛刻無(wú)情的刑罰,在清教社會(huì),不管誰(shuí)犯罪都要接受懲罰。本文還涉及到霍桑的清教觀,他對(duì)清教價(jià)值觀和思想的肯定以及對(duì)其消極方面對(duì)
2、人民思想控制的批評(píng),這也決定海斯特最后的命運(yùn)是在經(jīng)過(guò)艱苦工作、自我提升后得到救贖?;羯Mㄟ^(guò)塑造海斯特這個(gè)形象向讀者展示了他的清教觀,以及清教思想對(duì)他的影響。海斯特最初是勇敢堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的,最終卻在清教社會(huì)的壓迫下,承認(rèn)了自己的罪過(guò)并通過(guò)贖罪得到了社會(huì)的認(rèn)可。通過(guò)紅字“A”象征意義的變化反映了海斯特的形象變化。關(guān)鍵字:清教影響;海斯特性格;原罪;救贖11AbstractTheScarletLetter,NathanielHawthorne’srepresentativework,isaclassicalnovelinAmericanliteratureinthe19thcent
3、ury.ThenoveldisplaysPuritanism’sgreatimpactonpeople’slifeandthought.ThisthesisofthePuritantownBoston,andintroducehowthecommunitiesinthetownaredeeplyinfluencedbyPuritanism.TheheroineHesterPrynneandArthurDimmesdale,thetown’sreverendpriest,engagesintheactofadulteryandproduceababygirlnamedP
4、earl.Meanwhile,byanalyzingthemaincharacterHester,thethesisaimsatpresentingtheharshnessandthestrictpunishmentinPuritansociety.Inpuritancommunities,whoevercommitsasinwillbepunished.ThethesisalsopresentsHawthorne’sattitudetowardsPuritanism.Ononehand,heappreciatesthepuritanthoughtandvalue;o
5、ntheotherhand,hecondemnsthenegativeimpactofpuritansocietyonpeople’sspirit.AndthisthoughtinfluencesHester’sfinalfate—togetsalvationthroughself—improvementandhardworking.HawthorneexplainshispuritanthoughtsthroughcreatingHester.Hesterisbraveandstrong,asasinner,Hesterfinallygetsalvationbywo
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keywords:Puritanism;Hester’scharacteristic;sin;salvation11TableofContentsAbstract(Chinese).......................................................................................................ⅠAbstract(English)…………………………………………………………………...Ⅱ1.Introduction12.Hawthorne’sIntentio
7、nofCreatingHester.12.1PuritanInfulenceonHawthorne12.2Hawthorne’sOwnThoughtonPuritanism23.OriginalImageofHester:StrongandBrave43.1AGracefulandBeautifulLady43.2EagerforTrueLove53.3ProtectingDimmesdale54.AsaSinner,WorkingHardtoGetSalvation54.1BeingShamedfor“Adultery”……………………………………